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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: /etc/netstart bogons..
To: eivind@nic.follonett.no (Eivind Eklund)
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> It would be nice if the code automatically detected what daemons to stop
> and start for switching runlevel, instead of just starting all, as it does
> in at least RedHat.

This is the fundamental distinction between run *levels* and run
*states*.  That's why you want *states*.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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