Run Levels and their meanings: ^ Value ^ Explanation ^ |0 | Halt | |1 | Single-user text mode | |2 | Full multi-user with no networking | |3 | Full multi-user, console logins only | |4 | Not used (user-definable) | |5 | Full multi-user graphical mode (with an X-based login screen) | |6 | Reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) | CentOS 6: \\ List all services and their run levels: chkconfig --list === Starting service on boot === chkconfig httpd on This turns on run levels 2, 3 and 4 \\ \\ === Turning on specific run levels === Turning on levels 3,4 and 5 chkconfig --level 345 httpd on \\ ===Turning off run levels === chkconfig --level 5 httpd off