what would you expect a
to return once booted into single user ?
I'd expect an s or maybe 1 , definitely not 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
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.
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
or
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?
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