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Re: default run levels



Chad A Adlawan <caa@archangel.8eight8.net.ph> writes:
CAA> i was just wondering, what exactly will happen if i change the
CAA> default run level specified in /etc/inittab from init 2 to init
CAA> 3, or 4, or 5 ?

Runlevels 2 and 3 are equivalent, as are 4 and 5, but the latter pair
only runs getty on tty1.  You can control what gets run at which
runlevel by changing /etc/inittab and by changing the symlinks in
/etc/rc?.d; see /usr/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz for more
information.

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