2 more Q's about 386/ix

John R. Levine johnl at esegue.segue.boston.ma.us
Thu Dec 21 07:19:30 AEST 1989


In article <1989Dec19.002805.3039 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>> >Is it possible to run shutdown from anything other than the console VT?
>> 	- /etc/init 0 [ as superuser ]
>This does not work for 386/ix.

On 386/ix 2.0.x, at least, it works from any terminal.  I just tried it
now.  You can use init 0 to shut down or init 5 or init 6 to reboot.  Very
handy when you're dialed in to your home machine from work or vice versa.
If only they'd fix the serial drivers to work at a reasonable speed.
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