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From: sheldon@quest.UUCP (Scott S. Bertilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Inode fixes & single user woes : was (3b1 40meg disk woes: Help)
Summary: singleuser by modifying /etc/profile
Message-ID: <3800@quest.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 01:25:28 GMT
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  Your confusion about "init s" getting you to singleuser mode is due
to the fact that "/etc/profile" intercepts the shell before it gets to
you...it finishes the shutdown and prints the "hit RETURN to reboot".
It does a "trap '' 1 2 3" to stop you from getting out without
rebooting.  I've modified mine so that it does a "trap 1 2 3" just before
it does the "read inputline".  That will allow you to hit the DEL key
to interrupt and get a shell prompt.
-- 

Scott S. Bertilson   ...uunet!rosevax!rose3!quest!sheldon
			scott@poincare.geom.umn.edu