On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:12:08PM +1100, Jill Rowling wrote:
> If you are not running a network, then there is no point having all the NFS
> stuff loaded, so I would in that case choose a runlevel that didn't have
> NFS.
.. or remove the nfs-server package and avoid the problem altogether
(or just /etc/init.d/nfs-server stop for temporary variations)
> If you are trying different window managers or other configuration things,
> you probably don't want to switch on X automatically.
/etc/init.d/xdm stop
> There are other benefits to runlevels such as quick remote shutdowns
> # init 0
> .. or quick remote reboots
> # init 6
you are a solaris user, aren't you ;)
"reboot" or "halt" are equal or less keystrokes, and much more
descriptive. ("poweroff" is a little longer, but thats usually the
same as reboot anyway)
obviously runlevels [S016] are necessary for normal system
operation.. i was more arguing against [2-5].
i think my "issue" with runlevels, is that they aren't flexible
enough. there are only 6 (or so) of them, and they aren't very
usefully named nor easy to modify for a "normal" user.
i don't see why having defined runlevels:
"without NFS", "with NFS", "with NFS and X"
is any different to saying:
"don't install nfs", "do install nfs", "do install nfs and xdm"
except you also get "don't install nfs but do install xdm" and *many*
other combinations for free.
its much more straightforward (or certainly should be) for a user to
install/remove a package than it is to modify /etc/inittab and change
runlevels.
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