Subj : Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
To   : Arelor
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jun 30 2024 07:10 pm

-=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ar>   Re: Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
 Ar>   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.

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

Hahaha!  Yes, I guess that would be possible.  But worth the effort?

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

That's the point, to a point.  ;-)




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