NTSYSV(8)

📦 version 1.33, in centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NTSYSV — the ntsysv(8) glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is ntsysv, straight out of the System Manager's Manual, section 8 (that's the admin-girlies section, iykyk). she's a lil cutie with a big job. let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ntsysv — the simple interface for configuring runlevels 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ntsysv [--back] [--level <levels>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ntsysv is a simple interface for configuring runlevel services, and here's the tea: those are the exact same services you can also configure through chkconfig. same girlies, different doorway. 💅

by default, she configures runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5. that's the default vibe. but if you wanna configure other runlevels? no problem babe, you just specify those levels on the command line by listing them after --level, with no spaces between them. like literally zero spaces, they're all one little clump. for example, the option --level 016 edits runlevels 0, 1, and 6. iconic.

here's a rule that lowkey matters: a service is considered to be started in the runlevel set if it is started in any of the runlevels which are being edited. so like, one yes = the whole set says yes. 🫶

and the window deets: the ntsysv window normally contains a Cancel button. but if --back is specified, a Back button appears instead. that's it, that's the switch. ✨

💀 RETURN CODES 💀

  • 0 — success, we ate, everything's fine 💖
  • 2 — error, something went wrong bestie 😭
  • 1 — the user cancelled (or backed out of) the program 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> — the original main character who made this happen, we stan ⭐

okay and for the cute lil sign-off: this whole thing comes to you courtesy of the 4th Berkeley Distribution, dated Mon Oct 13 1997. yeah bestie, '97. vintage. she's been serving since before we were born and she's still here. periodt. 💜🦋🌸

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