Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:30738 comp.unix.misc:1364 comp.unix.sysv386:7320 Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.sysv386 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!ispd-newsserver!garden.ssd.kodak.com!weimer From: weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) Subject: Re: What is it? (was Re: Current Run-Level: How can you tell?) Message-ID: <1991Apr25.171617.13505@ssd.kodak.com> Sender: news@ssd.kodak.com Reply-To: weimer@ssd.kodak.com Organization: Eastman Kodak Co.; Rochester, NY References: <1991Apr23.024433.10460@srwic.UUCP> <1991Apr24.150645.1135@cbnews.cb.att.com> <1991Apr25.120917.1626@virtech.uucp> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 17:16:17 GMT In article , dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) writes: |> I use a Sun system, and I've never heard of "Run-Level." |> |> What is it? A brief description (since I've only had brief exposure to it...) BSD Unix (?) has three "run levels": Single-user, Multi-user and Halt. Usually we say the system is: in Single-user mode in Multi-user mode Down ( 1/2 :-) ) System V (?) Unix has many levels: 0 == Halt 3 == normal Multi-user mode others (this is were it gets brief :-) ) weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )