Robert Current wrote: > > 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 - single user - un-networked 2 - multiuser - un-networked 3 - 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 3) 4 - multiuser networked 5 - X multiuser networked (previously XDM, but with other options, should just be a generic X multiuser networked now) 6 - Reboot
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