Re: Explanation of Run-Levels?

["Alan Mead" <amead8695 home com>]

RE: Explanation of Run-Levels?From: Brad Bonkoski
To: 'redhat-list redhat com'
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: RE: Explanation of Run-Levels?

> 1 is a resucue runlevel that is needed every
> now and then.

Runlevel 1 is single-user mode that is used for system maintenance as well
as rescue mode, right?  It is configured to just have the root user using
the system.  You would drop into this mode to do things, typically with the
disks, where you don't want users causing trouble.

There are many good explanations of runlevels in various texts, usually in
the context of "system initialization".  You can find some here:

http://www.linuxdoc.org

No one has mentioned runlevel 4.  I believe it is (usually) unused.

-Alan Mead