inittab describes

OEL
ls -l /etc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc0.d -> rc.d/rc0.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc1.d -> rc.d/rc1.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc2.d -> rc.d/rc2.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc3.d -> rc.d/rc3.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc4.d -> rc.d/rc4.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc5.d -> rc.d/rc5.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc6.d -> rc.d/rc6.d

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Ubuntu/Debian:

ls -l /etc

drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc0.d -> rc.d/rc0.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc1.d -> rc.d/rc1.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc2.d -> rc.d/rc2.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc3.d -> rc.d/rc3.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc4.d -> rc.d/rc4.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc5.d -> rc.d/rc5.d/
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root         10 Aug 26 14:35 rc6.d -> rc.d/rc6.d/

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SuSE

inittab -->  "5" is default  normal is 3,5

ls -l /etc/init.d  !!!! note how it is in /etc/init.d !!!!!

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc0.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc1.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc2.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc3.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Feb 20  2009 rc4.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc5.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rc6.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Mar 24  2010 rcS.d

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