diff -Naurp sysvinit-2.86/man/init.8 sysvinit-2.86.oden/man/init.8
--- sysvinit-2.86/man/init.8	2008-12-22 16:30:58.000000000 +0100
+++ sysvinit-2.86.oden/man/init.8	2008-12-22 16:31:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ terminal line.
 .\"{{{  Diagnostics
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 If \fBinit\fP finds that it is continuously respawning an entry
-more than 10 times in 2 minutes, it will assume that there is an error
+more than 3 times in 20 seconds, it will assume that there is an error
 in the command string, generate an error message on the system console,
 and refuse to respawn this entry until either 5 minutes has elapsed or
 it receives a signal.  This prevents it from eating up system resources
diff -Naurp sysvinit-2.86/src/init.h sysvinit-2.86.oden/src/init.h
--- sysvinit-2.86/src/init.h	2004-07-29 13:21:01.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.86.oden/src/init.h	2008-12-22 16:31:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #define STATE_PIPE 11			/* used to pass state through exec */
 
 /* Failsafe configuration */
-#define MAXSPAWN   10			/* Max times respawned in.. */
-#define TESTTIME   120			/* this much seconds */
+#define MAXSPAWN   3			/* Max times respawned in.. */
+#define TESTTIME   20			/* this much seconds */
 #define SLEEPTIME  300			/* Disable time */
 
 /* Default path inherited by every child. */