Re: change run levels
init <runlevel you want to go to>, e.g.
init 5
On Thursday 29 August 2002 14:51, John F Davis wrote:
> Hello
>
> How to change the run level on a currently running system without
> rebooting?
>
>
> For the first time in my life today, I needed to change run levels on a
> currently running system.
>
> I edited /etc/inittab to change the default run level and then i did a kill
> -9 1. Needless to say this didn't help. I think if
> I had did a -HUP instead of a -9 that wouldn't have hurt as bad. But I am
> sure I saw someone change their runlevel
> which didn't require editing /etc/inittab.
>
> JD
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