Using "init" command in fedora

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 02-25-2006, 01:43 AM

G'day
i have been in situations where certain installations require me to shut down the XServer and lower the computer into a lower init level ( init 2-3 ) however in fedora this doesnt seem to work. In other distros one simply types "init 3" while in the gui and the computer logs into a proper shell. however in fedora, the init command is unreccoganzed, even as root. any ideas how to go about this ??

acid_kewpie · 02-25-2006, 02:30 AM

you're probably not logging in as root correctly. init will *always* work if it's accessbile on your path, if it's not on your path, just run it with an absolute reference... /sbin/init. as root of course.