[wplug] Hierarchical runlevels?

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Sun Aug 29 20:25:19 EDT 2004


Hagbard Celine <> wrote:

> Not a Linux question, but input would be appreciated, anyway...
> 
> Does anyone remember if there is/was a system that set runlevels up as an
> hierarchy, i.e. a given runlevel would start the services defined for it, and
> the services in all levels below/above it?
> 
> I seem to have a vague recollection of such a thing...

Solaris does something like this.  In that it has a "common" runlevel that
starts stuff no matter what runlevel the machine is at, then the config for
the appropriate runlevel is called as well.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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