Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:23:29 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@munich.netsurf.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/init.d/ Message-ID: <199707111023.KAA07742@peedub.gj.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:46:14 %2B0200." <19970711084614.RJ19398@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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J Wunsch writes: >As Vadim Kolontsov wrote: > >> how about implementing /etc/init.d/ .. /etc/rc0.d etc Solaris-like >> scheme in FreeBSD? I think it will be useful. And I am ready to do it. [snip] >difference between the BSD and the SysV approach (as it is actually >used by the various SysV incarnations) is that BSD only knows about >single-user vs. multi-user run-levels, while SysV often provides a >crippled multi-user level without networking. Now, think about when >you've actually been using this level at all, ever, on your SysVs... >and it will become very apparent that it _seems_ to be a nice feature, >but is _actually_ a totally unused misfeature. > I run a SVR4 box here at home, and the only useful run-level options (IMHO) it offers involve NFS services. When I need NFS I just switch to that run-level and all the services are started. When I'm done using NFS I just switch to a lower level and the NFS stuff is removed. But a box without networking is pretty useless and I've never run the box in that configuration. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de Work - gjennejohn@frt.dec.com
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