Hi

i tried to add one line to /etc/inittab that execute a command when it enters runlevel 1
i add this line but its not working.

and after adding above line i run this command
but when i change runlevel to 1 it seems not working.

Ubuntu uses upstart. Try adding it too

/etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf

thanks for reply .

it's not Ubuntu
it's Debian and my debian doesn't have upstart.
UPDATE
i found out that this problem is only happen for runlevel 1 . if i change my line for runlevel 4 its working.
can any one tell me why its not working for runlevel 1 ?

Is the appropriate partition (/home) mounted in runlevel 1?
--- rod.

thanks for reply
home isn't on a separate partition . all the system is installed on 1 partition.

Try marking it for single user mode - "s", rather than "1".

Some versions treat runlevel "s" as equivalent to, but not the same as "1".

Your entry would then become:
so as to cover both cases...

As a short followup, what you are doing is fine for testing... but it will not record anything if the system shutdown normally (going to a halt) because it never goes into single user mode - it goes instead to a halt (runlevel 0).

i add 's' and 'S' to it but no change happened.looks like its not going to working for runlevel 1.

yes its for testing and learning purpose but i wondering why it's not working for runlevel 1 but its work fine for runlevel 2 to 5 .

Looking at some code.. it treats "Ss1" the same - and differently than 2-5 (six is another special case)

It looks like it only sets up the console tty... Then it goes through a restart and process the initab (which would start/stop anything needed) but not do anything for single user mode. Now this is based on a fairly quick look, so I could still have overlooked something.

Good question and observations.

The code I'm looking at is sysvinit-2.88dsf. I don't know which exact version your system is using, but I believe it is based on this one.