Alan Cox wrote: > > > Runlevel 5 has recently become widely used outside the Linux world to > > indicate machine shutoff. I guess it should halt if the machine isn't > > capable of shutting itself off. This would push xdm down into > > runlevel 4. > > We should not change this. Too many Linux books tell you about run level 5. > Having everyone reboot their server as they thumb through Linux for the > clueless > will not win friends
This is a good reason, I agree. It presents one of two possable ways to go. Both of which should have a little debate of the merits of each before a final decision is made. One possability: Find the most common run levels in all Linux distributions, and leave those in place. Then shuffle the rest of them to fit. For example, if all distributions use 5 for xdm, then keep 5 as xdm (but Debian doesn't use it that way). If five distributions have the same run level 4, keep it... etc. Here is what I know is in use now: Red Hat Uses: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) Debian Uses: # Runlevel 0 is halt. # Runlevel 1 is single-user. # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. # Runlevel 6 is reboot. Documented, but, in fact Runlevel 2 - multiuser networked XDM isn't run level 4, I think it's 3 ? SUSE: 0 - HALT S - Single User Mode 1 - MultiUser un-networked 2 - Multiuser networked 3 - XDM 4 - Unused 5 - Unused 6 - Reboot The second possability... Structure it logically. Shutdown and Reboot right next to eachother UnNetworked next to each other Networked together Like maybe: 0 - halt 1 - reboot 2 - single user - un-networked 3 - multiuser - un-networked 4 - single user - networked (would be new, security risk, running as root networked, unadvized. Therefore, I would suggest leaving this as the unused one. But for logic sake, unused should be 4) 5 - multiuser networked 6 - X multiuser networked (previously XDM, but with other options, should just be a generic X multiuser networked now) Then, now that I think about it, there is a third possability. Survey commercial UNIX's, and see what they have most common, and use that? Oh, I just noticed... This is lsb-spec, where I planed on just lurking. I have to forward something, then I'll shut up and keep my comments on lsb-discuss -- "Robert W. Current" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - email http://chem20.chem.und.nodak.edu - work stuff http://www.current.nu - personal web site http://freshmeat.net - editorial coordinator "Hey mister, turn it on, turn it up, and turn me loose." - Dwight Yoakam
