Hi!
Is there will to change the current policy regarding runlevels in
Debian? I'd propose to use the recommendation made by LSB:
http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/runlevels.html
The reason for this is that practically Debian has only two different
runlevels:
-the-so-called single-user mode (1)
-multiuser (2|3|4|5)
"Single-user" mode is a fiasco, because in /etc/rcS.d/* there are a number
of services that really should not belong there. Examples:
-network
-all disks (including NFS) mounted
..and those that depend on them. So, to correct that the runlevels would
look roughly like this:
(S -as now, services that are needed by all runlevels (except 0,6 of
course), most stuff after S30 moved to 2-5)
1 -single-user, only the rootfs mounted
2 -multi-user, all local disks mounted, no network
3 -multi-user + network
4 -multi-user + network
5 -multi-user + network + X
Now the fun part is to decide which not-so-obvious service goes where, and
in which order.. I admit that the current system is easy in this regard,
but it still sucks...
Comments?
P.S. I know about the initng-project, but as Mr. Holschuh in one post
mentioned (can't find it now, alioth is down), this can be done separately
P.P.S No, I'm not a DD, just a sysadmin that would like to make a
contribution. No need to CC me though, I'm subscribed to this list.
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