I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to non-X, will whoever is using it then have console access as root?
John On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: > > > I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may > > be a "oh no, not this again" question); maybe someone can put the > > rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching > > the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, > > xdm, level, etc.) but came up empty. > > Basically, I seem to recall the sysvinit maintainer saying that this is > done simply to maximize the flexibility for the admin. Where other > distributions and sysvinit based Unixes define some policy regarding what > is started at what runlevel, Debian chose to start with all multi-user > runlevels identical and let the admin customize them. > > > Also, in this environment what is the correct way to boot into a console > > login and avoid starting XDM? I find it hard to believe the "correct" > > way is to edit /etc/init.d/xdm and add in an "exit 0" to the top, which > > is what I've been doing :-/. > > If you wish to define runlevel 2 (for example) as non-graphical-login, > then remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm. Then you can specify runlevel 2 at boot or > whatever and go to a non-graphical login, or boot into another runlevel > for a graphical login. > > You might also want to do what most other unixes do and add a > /etc/rc2.d/K99xdm so if you move from runlevel n>2 to runlevel 2 then your > graphical login will exit. > > HTH, > noah > > _______________________________________________________ > | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ > | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBOZxO1odCcpBjGWoFAQEHVAP+Ped1RqRlHNYS2nmQc3hbGBT2kHGBQCDu > i0Qqx8SivEVFg2TBvb5QoX2tL3h0hFx9oGgm9g50QbamoBB9/UN+95fk4joW+EE5 > +OUN0OspofEaDSkLMmCNK1eHtzeoE3UrIPOr5259GfzdXYGxLCe7APdRW4hfVKDs > zGUmI7WKUms= > =Qsxh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
