LPI Linux Certification/Customising System Startup & Boot Processes

Detailed Objective

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Description:
Candidates should be able to query and modify the behaviour of system services at various run levels. A thorough understanding of the init structure and boot process is required. This objective includes interacting with runlevels.

• Key Knowledge Areas:
  • Linux Standard Base Specification (LSB)

• The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
  • /etc/inittab
  • /etc/init.d/
  • /etc/rc.d/
  • chkconfig
  • update-rc.d