1) "the more progressive amongst us do" I take exception to this statement ... some of the GNU commands are broken on Solaris, and secure accounts should have as little in it's path (if you use root or any secure account) as possible so that you can be _sure_ of which app you are using.
2) "reboot" does what it says on the tin, "shutdown" works as would be expected (you can use shutdown to run many different types of shutdown/init) ... Please do not change these to make them more like Linux, please do not change the init levels to make them match Linux, IMO the Linux init states are broken. If you're using a server then expect to know some of the commands for running the server. If you're using the desktop there is a nice graphical "Shutdown" routine. If you're in front of the hardware and you want to power down (and it's an ATX case) press the power button once. On 28 March 2011 16:09, Alasdair Lumsden <alasdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > My proposal would be to add a "Linux/*BSD"-like reboot and shutdown command > to /usr/gnu/bin > > The traditionalist UNIX folk don't typically run /usr/gnu/bin at the front > of their path, whilst the more progressive amongst us do. So this should > satisfy both parties. > > When I was switching from a Linux/FreeBSD background to Solaris, I found the > unnecessarily complicated reboot/shutdown situation highly frustrating. > Typing "init 6" and "init 5" when you mean "reboot" and "shutdown" seemed > utterly bizarre, and stupid, and angered me. > > Rather than do a half-baked shell script that wraps the existing tools, I > think we should probably do a bit more research and implement something a > bit more "proper" with similar FreeBSD/Linux like syntax (depending on what > that syntax is - I haven't looked in a while). > > Cheers, > > Alasdair > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss