Run-Level 1

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 14:41 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 17:35 +0530, Jitender Kiraria wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there any way that I can set the Ubuntu 10.04 to Boot in Run Level
> >> 1(  single User mode) when system boots????????(  I mean system boots
> >> automatically in Run level 1).........
> >>
> >> I can do it in Fedora by editing /etc/inittab
> >> But in Ubuntu I couldn't find this file............
> >
> > I have yet to understand why Ubuntu doesn't utilize it.
> 
> Because Ubuntu has transferred the functionality of "/etc/initab" to
> "/etc/init/*", except for "initdefault" (AFAIK) most probably because
> Ubuntu and Debian only use a default of runlevel 2.


Right, I was just openly wondering why? Isn't the use of /etc/inittab
supposed to be the universal standard? Just wondering if there was some
sort of benefit to the fork. Thanks, Ric


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