Re: [TCLUG:10915] Asking the Impossible?

[Yaron <jethro@yaron.org>]

  Hi,

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, ^chewie wrote:

> ...[snip directions on editing /etc/inittab]...
> > Then either reboot, or type 'init q'.
> I was always under the impression that by typing init <option> directly
> would have no effect to the computer's init level.  As I understood it,
> the command 'telinit' is more appropriate (tell init).

/sbin/telinit is a symlink to /sbin/init. The only advantage I can see is
that telinit has a -t delay option. init 0 will still halt your machine...

-Yaron

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