Internet Broadcasting

[Janina Sajka]

Interestingly, man runlevel doesn't define runlevel, it simply provides
info on how to querry and manipulate.

I guess man page authors sometimes ignore, or are stumped, by the
basics. Just a speculation based on unscientific observation.

Gregory Nowak writes:
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> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 07:25:53PM -0400, John McCann wrote:
> > 1. How does one go into "single user" mode?
> 
> You would do that with the command
> 
> telinit x
> 
> as root, where x is the number of the run level to switch to. As for
> which run levels control what, I believe that is
> distribution-specific. In slackware, run level 1 is the single user
> run level, and 3 is the multiuser run level for running text consoles
> without running the x window system.
> 
> > 2. What is telinit?
> 
> The best answer I can give you is to read the telinit(8) manual page,
> which will tell you all you ever wanted to know.
> 
> > and
> > 3. What is a run level?
> > 
> 
> Hmmm, well, this may not be the best answer, but a run level is a
> state in which the system can be. For example, such a state could be
> run in single user mode, allowing only one person to be logged in at a
> time, or this state could be multiuser mode, where multiple users can
> login. This is most likely not the best answer, but again, the
> init/telinit man pages might answer this better, or someone else here
> will provide a better answer then I have.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

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