Solaris

Solaris 10
trying to patch and therefore want to do this from single user mode

I do a

Code:

init 0

get's me to ok>

Code:

ok> boot -s

I was a UK Sun Field Engineer for 10 years ..... I've used "boot -s " quite a bit .....

I get a console login , which I subsequently login into

Code:

#who -r

returns run-level 3

?

can I force single user mode ?

Martin

Code:

init s
# or
shutdown -i s -g 0 -y

all should work just fine. init 0 is power off

No it isn't, init 5 is power off. init 0 drops you back to the OBP

will try the shutdown

cheers

You are correct.

?

Code:

init 5

( five ) is poweroff, physically powers the box off.

Code:

init s

or S is singleuser (though different apparently)

Jim said

Code:

init 0

is poweroff which it isn't.

Code:

init 0

takes you from a running OS to the OBP.

You're splitting hairs. init 0 is as close to powering off as you could get without "powering off".

Jim's point is that you should use init s not init 0.

what would you expect a

Code:

who -r

to return once booted into single user ?

I'd expect an s or maybe 1 , definitely not 3

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Thats not splitting hairs at all. init 5 physically powers the box off. init 0 drops you back to the OBP from where you can then boot to any desired state. 2 totally different outcomes.

However, this isn't my concern.

I'm interested in Singleuser not OBP.
Why do I get runlevel 3 not S or 1 when I try and

Code:

boot -s

or

Code:

shutdown -i s -g 0 -y

as I've just done..... this has actually fully booted the system back in multiuser mode.
Is there a way of disabling booting to singleuser? inittab?