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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: shutdown termination
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Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 15:54:23 EST
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Summary: Yes, just do a "kill" on the shutdown process (NOT "kill -9" or kill -KILL).

> Killing the process leaves the /etc/nologin file in place.

Try using a less lethal instrument next time.  "shutdown" catches the
"terminate" signal, which is what "kill" sends by default, and removes the
"/etc/nologin" file before exiting.  Just use "kill", not "kill -9" or
"kill -KILL".