Hi Keith, > > Presumably, anything giving access to reboot(2), which reboot(8) > > doesn't, would do. > > Actually, bear in mind that the method I outlined will have only > /bin/bash running (other than the kernel, etc). The easiest, if > somewhat dramatic, way out from the keyboard is to type ^D, which will > crash the system immediately (exercise for reader: why?). So, you may > as well just hit the power switch...
Yes, that's my point. This isn't single-user mode where exiting the shell would continue with a multi-user boot so one's stuck. Pre-upstart, reboot(8) would use reboot(2) and the kernel would, well, re-boot, no need to power off. The simple user-space interface to those system calls has been taken away. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
