Q. How to define the Linux system runlevel and how do I determine which runlevel my system is currently in?
A. You need to use runlevel command to find the current and previous system runlevel. Usaully 0-6 runlevel are used by all Linux distributions:
=> 0 : Halt system
=> 1 : Take system to single-user mode (good for Linux system maintenance)
=> 2 : User defined or distribution like Debian use it
=> 3 : Full multi-user mode (text mode login)
=> 4 : Not used/user-defined
=> 5 : Full multi-user GUI mode login
=> 6 : Reboot system
Please note that runlevels 0, 1, and 6 are reserved. Runlevel 0 is used to halt the system, runlevel 6 is used to reboot the system, and runlevel 1 is used to get the system down into single user mode.
Task: Determine which runlevel my system is currently in
Type runlevel command:
$ runlevel
Output:
N 3
runlevel command reads the system utmp file (typically /var/run/utmp) to locate the runlevel record, and then prints the previous and current system runlevel on its standard output, separated by a single space. If there is no previous system runlevel, the letter N will be printed instead.
Task: Change runlevel
Use init command to change the runlevel. For example runlevel 1 is used to get the system down into single user mode:
# init 1
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how to increase or add run level on rhel . . .
psl help me . .
no you cannot increase runlevels !
but you can define new runlevel by using ‘runlevel 4′ which is provided for users to create their own user-defined runlevel !
these above lines are true for general linux system ! to know about your operating system goto :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel#Red_Hat_Linux_and_Fedora
Can you increase runlevels in linux? If you increase run levels how to increase?
no you cannot increase runlevels !
but you can define new runlevel by using ‘runlevel 4’ which is provided for users to create their own user-defined runlevel !
these above lines are true for general linux system ! to know about your operating system goto :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel
i want only previous runlevel and current runlevel individually
ex:
runlevel
3 5
3 =present
5=previous.
i want inly one runlevel
help me……………………………………
Just in case anyone is still wondering how to do this:
runlevel | sed -e “s:..::”