4 was a spare one, for future use

Axalon wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Jo wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need
> > to give a password... Or am I totally missing something?
> >
> > Jo
>
> The difference between 3 and 2, 3 has nfs 2 does not. Yes you could set
> the default runlevel to 1 this however isn't general usefull, only get one
> login, two if you background startx or something. If your looking for a
> runlevel to customize my choice would be 2 or 4
>
> 0 = halt
> 1 = single
> 2 = no nfs
> 3 = nfs
> 4 = umm you know i forgot, does this one even have a real purpose?
> 5 = XDM
> 6 = reboot
>
> > Ken Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux?
> > > If so, no, this would be the minimum screen.  One of the security features
> > > of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated.
> > >
> > > If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the
> > > 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM
> > > > To: Mandrake
> > > > Subject: [newbie] command prompt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello.
> > > >
> > > > By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little
> > > > logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight
> > > > to a command prompt?
> > > >
> > > >
> >

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