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Operating Systems Solaris Unable to switch back to root from user Post 302632845 by VijaySolaris on Tuesday 1st of May 2012 01:30:53 AM
Old 05-01-2012
Question
Thanks Jim,

Now the problem is.. i am unable to log in to the machine.. when i tried to turn on the machine.. its asking for the console login..

Because previously i poweroff the machine from another terminal... when its in SU mode..

I tried giving root id and passwd but the attemp went in vain.

Help me out
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

poweroff

HALT(8) 							       halt								   HALT(8)

NAME

       halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

SYNOPSIS

       halt [OPTIONS...]

       poweroff [OPTIONS...]

       reboot [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

       halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       --help
	   Prints a short help text and exits.

       --halt
	   Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       -p, --poweroff
	   Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       --reboot
	   Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       -f, --force
	   Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact the init system.

       -w, --wtmp-only
	   Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off, reboot.

       -d, --no-wtmp
	   Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.

       --no-wall
	   Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

NOTES

       These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)

systemd 208																   HALT(8)
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