[CentOS] CentOS-6 Status updates

Steve Clark sclark at netwolves.com
Thu Jun 16 17:00:13 UTC 2011


On 06/16/2011 12:58 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 06/16/2011 12:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On 6/16/2011 10:43 AM,m.roth at 5-cent.us  wrote:
>>>> runlevels, traditionally, have not been defined (although the LSB has
>>> In Linux? I mean, runlevel 3 was multi-user text mode as far back as Sun
>>> OS - I can remember putting things into 3, because X would
>>> while () {
>>>     crash
>>>     respawn
>>> }
>> Originally runlevel 2 was multiuser, 3 was multiuser with networking and
>> network daemons.  Without serial terminals, that wouldn't make a lot of
>> sense...
>>
>>>> On System V and Solaris runlevel 5 is halt so you might get a nasty
>>>> surprise if you were expecting X11!
>> I think adding 5 for X was a Linux kludge.  And in the original sysV
>> design, I believe each runlevel was executed in sequence up and down.
>> That is, everything started in runlevel 1 and 2 started on the way to 3
>> and could be sequenced properly that way instead of jumping directly to
>> 3 or 5 and having to have everything specified to start there.
>>
> No. I worked with both SCO and ISC linux in the late 80's and early 90's and run level 5 was used for X. In fact I think
> it was used also in DGUX for X.
>
>
Oops meant to say SCO UNIX and ISC UNIX not linux.


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