[SATLUG] Runlevel Switching

Bruce Dubbs bruce.dubbs at gmail.com
Wed Jan 3 18:57:03 CST 2007


HickBilly wrote:
>> To add to what Jeremy said, I always used 'telinit', which upon researching 
>> it just now is apparently very similar to 'init'.  So,
>>
>> prompt> telinit 3
> 
> I tried both init, init 3, and telinit 3, and each time bash says the
> command was not recognized.  Jeremy's response has not reached my server
> (roadrunner).  Thank you for your help David.  It must be cockpit error
> on my part.  I ran the commands from a user terminal as that appears to
> be the only command-line available to me.

1.  You have to be root.  su -
2.  telinit is in /sbin which may not be in your path.  Try /sbin/telinit 3

  -- Bruce


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