Re: [Nolug] XDM - Debian Question

On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 14:00, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 13:12, James Scott wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 15:51, Kevin Kreamer wrote:
> > > On Feb 16, 2004, at 12:16, James Scott wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 00:24, Kevin Kreamer wrote:
> > > >> On Feb 15, 2004, at 23:53, G. Meyers wrote:
> [snip]
> > First if this is true it is terribly un-*NIX of them to arrange it this
> > way. I have never seen any documentation that supports run levels as
> > you describe here. This however does not mean it is not true.
> > Second, how can we check if this is accurate. We must be able to find a
> > command that tells what run level we are at. I can't think of one right
> > now.
> > I have done much maintenance on many different flavors of UNIX less on
> > Linux. In general even though there is some differences of approach
> > (config files having differents names or certain services running at
> > different levels) most things are more similar than we are finding here.
> > Third (and I hope we agree here) XDM is not necessary for X at all. It
> > is just the login screen. Once one is "logged in" as a user of any type
> > starting an Xclient should not require a *DM of any type.
> > Fourth access to run levels other than 3 or 5 should only be available
> > to root. I would not like end users to be able to control such a thing
> > on my box.
> > We have touched on a lot of subjects here and for me it would
> > interesting to work it out.
>
> Different functions for different levels 2-5 is a tradition, not a
> law, and Debian decided to break with tradition. There's nothing
> stopping you from modifying /etc/rcX.d and editing /etc/inittab to
> boot into your desired runlevel.
Well when your right your right. This was always an arbitrary
convention.

-- 
James Scott <jhs_technical@cox.net>
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