Subj : Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
To   : Gamgee
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Jun 30 2024 06:00 pm

 Re: Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
 By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Jun 29 2024 08:19 pm

> I do not want it starting automatically when the computer is booted up,
> because perhaps I'm going to do something with the computer such as
> OS/security updates, or BBS updates, or tweaking of some kind; before
> the BBS starts.  When I'm ready for it to come up, I bring it up.  Doesn't
> take much effort or time.  That way I also get to see that it did indeed
> start properly, ports are opened/listening, etc.  I like to pay attention
> to the small details to make sure all is running smoothly.
>

I think the elegant solution is to define a "maintenance" runlevel for when you want to boot up without starting all your user facing services, rather than having your main runlevel start only the basics and then force you to start your services manually.

I mention this because the point of computers is doing stuff automatically :-)


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