You can use chkconfig (see man page) to add your favorite services to
runlevel 3 so you no longer have to switch to runlevel 2.
But. Nope. Not normal.
Runlevel (normal definitions)
0 - Halt the system
1 - Single User
2 - Single User with Networking
or Multi-user without Networking
(I can never remember)
3 - Multi-User with all services running
4 - User defined (normally 3 + some special services)
5 - Same as 3 with X-login, and all
services to support X (like font server
if used)
6 - Reboot the system.
Solaris uses run level S for single user, but the rest are "basically"
the same.
Of course, not all Linux/UNIX distros follow this. For example,
Mandrake turns off samba in 3 and 5 every time you install (don't ask me
why since you should be in 3 or 5 99% of the time). Any vendor can
change these by changing what starts in each.
A good thing to check is the chkconfig line in your favorite service.
If it looks like:
chkconfig: 345 67 20
then it should be set to start in 3, 4, and 5.
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 01:06, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote:
Hey, maybe this is a dumb question..
when cooker starts, it goes into runlevel 3 - but most of my startup stuff
is now in runlevel 2. Is this normal? In order to start stuff, have to log
in as root and init 2.
v,
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TTFN,
Lonnie Borntreger
