On 12/19/2010 02:09 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> tty) I use "init 1". I don't think that "init s" would work - but you are >> > probably about to tell me that it would. ;-) > Yes. I am going to say, "It should work." :-) > > Personally I wouldn't move from multiuser to single user directly. I > would always reboot first and then boot into single user mode. Then > when leaving single user mode reboot into multiple user mode. That > way is very well tested. Doing other things /should/ work but I > wouldn't be surprised to find interesting corner cases. It is > definitely the road less well traveled. >
man init: /sbin/init [ -a ] [ -s ] [ -b ] [ -z xxx ] [ 0123456Ss ] /sbin/telinit [ -t SECONDS ] [ 0123456sSQqabcUu ] RUNLEVELS A runlevel is a software configuration of the system which allows only a selected group of processes to exist. The processes spawned by init for each of these runlevels are defined in the /etc/inittab file. Init can be in one of eight runlevels: 0-6 and S (a.k.a. s). The runlevel Runlevels S, 0, 1, and 6 are reserved. Runlevel S is used to initial- ize the system on boot. When starting runlevel S (on boot) or runlevel 1 (switching from a multi-user runlevel) the system is entering ``single-user mode'', after which the current runlevel is S. Runlevel 0 is used to halt the system; runlevel 6 is used to reboot the system. After booting through S the system automatically enters one of the multi-user runlevels 2 through 5, unless there was some problem that needs to be fixed by the administrator in single-user mode. Normally after entering single-user mode the administrator performs maintenance and then reboots the system. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d0e612a.6000...@pcartwright.com