> > > Question for the gurus: > > > Why is the default run level 3 instead of run level 2? > > > > runlevel 3 is the standard multi-user env. run level to is single-user > > mode to fix problems, debug kernel issues... > > What I meant was, on the Debian and SuSE distros run level 2 is the > "standard multi-user env." i.e. "default run level"... and as I understand > it this is the case for commercial Unices, and most other Linuces. > It's only Red Hat that deviate - why? What the actual runlevel number is, does not matter. It's how you define a runlevel that matters. At RedHat they do some things differently than "classical" Unices, and it has to do with a guy who was frustrated that they stole his grandfather's red hat ;)
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