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Date:      01 May 1999 12:22:06 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        <fenner@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cpeterso@cs.washington.edu, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/11406: shutdown does not halt the machine. shutdown logs into root account without password.
Message-ID:  <xzpr9p1w0mp.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: 's message of "Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:47:05 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <199904301847.LAA77707@freefall.freebsd.org>

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<fenner@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> shutdown without any arguments brings the system into single-user mode.
> If you want it to halt, use "shutdown -h"; if you want it to reboot, use
> "shutdown -r"; if you want it to ask for the root password before   
> going into single-user mode, edit /etc/ttys and change "secure"
> to "insecure" on the line that starts "console".

...and in all cases, read the manual before you submit a problem
report.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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