When will Debian follow the Linux Standard Base with respect to init runlevels? The current scheme (still in potato, I haven't checked woody) basically has just 2 distinct levels - single user and fully operational. This throws away most of the power of sysvinit (which comes at the cost of considerable complexity).
I would like to run the system without xdm most of the time, but there are times when I need it. Also sometimes I want to switch off network services but still allow local logins. The LSB allows for such variations with more finely tuned runlevels. But meanwhile I am stuck with Debian. I can make my own runlevels from among 3-5 by removing some of the links from /etc/rc[345].d, but will the next upgrade of the relevant packages re-create the links? If so, what _is_ the proper way to do this with Debian? Thanks for your answers. -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
