Re: PROPOSAL: defining a new runlevel, 4
I agree w/ both of these solutions. But then the question is: who sets
the default run-level. Currently it is a little hard to do this for a
complete linux newbie.
Jim wrote:
>
> In the message identified by <[🔎] 199804210758.IAA28451@linda.lfix.co.uk>, "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
> > How about this then:
> >
> > 2 = multi-user, no network, no X
> > 3 = multi-user and network, no X
> > 4 = multi-user, no network, X
> > 5 = everything
> >
> > This uses up all the _traditionally_ available slots, but I don't know any
> > reason why we couldn't use the whole range of numbers and capital letters.
> > A local system administrator could define a number of states, if he
> > wanted.
>
> I have a request along these lines as a user:
>
> First, create policy that reserves all of the possible names.
> Then create policy that grants ten (10) slots to users, such that
> only the sysvinit maintainer can alter, presumably to set all 10
> to a reasonable default, as 2, 3, 4 and 5 are now.
>
> Then, no one touches or alters these 10 runlevels except end user/admins.
>
> By the same token, no user/admin should use any of the other runlevels,
> as these would be assigned as requested. I am seeing this as a way to
> assign runlevels to have the same meaning to any package. (I use the
> word "should" here, to mean that the user should definitely be warned,
> but then gets to do whatever he or she wants, to her advantage or
> detriment.)
>
> -Jim
>
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