Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:26:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <199509211426.KAA18923@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199509211256.WAA17842@orion.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "Stephen McKay" at Sep 21, 95 10:56:53 pm
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> What do we need run levels for? As far as I can tell, it's never done me > any good on the System V boxes I've administered. I want single-user mode > for serious system munging, and multi-user mode for everything else. The > rest is useless crap. If, say, cron is spinning madly out of control and you > want it shut off, is there a run level for that? Nope. You just kill it > and restart it when you feel like it. What if the printer daemon has hung. > No run level for that either. It adds no value. > > Stephen McKay. Will administrate Unix for food. > Boy... do I disagree. Perhaps it's an acquired taste. Run levels get used daily when I'm doing sysadmin. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter | The postmaster always pings twice. Lakewood MicroSystems | 17 Meredith Drive, 908-389-3592 | Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 pechter@shell.monmouth.com |
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