Solaris Commands Question:
What is the difference between init runlevel and milestone?
Answer:
Upto solaris 9 runlevel are used they are
Runlevel 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
In solaris 10 milestone is introduced. Milestone is
improved level of runlevel
In run level we use init 1 to bring system into single
user, in milestone # svcadm milestone single-user command
used to bring the system to single user Simillarly
init 2 as multi-user(more than one user),init 3 as multi-
user-sever provide multiuser mode along with nfs
runlevel 4 is currently unused
runlevel 5 ie init 5 shutdown and power off
runlevel 6 ie init 6 shut down and restart
Runlevel 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
In solaris 10 milestone is introduced. Milestone is
improved level of runlevel
In run level we use init 1 to bring system into single
user, in milestone # svcadm milestone single-user command
used to bring the system to single user Simillarly
init 2 as multi-user(more than one user),init 3 as multi-
user-sever provide multiuser mode along with nfs
runlevel 4 is currently unused
runlevel 5 ie init 5 shutdown and power off
runlevel 6 ie init 6 shut down and restart
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