You telnet or SSH to the box (you did say that you could do this, right?), log in, then issue the command "su". The remote system will then ask you for the root password...once you successfully input the root password, you'll have root access and can type "init 3" On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Bob Mclaughlin wrote: > Mike, The access is from a WinME box. I have no idea how to > su to root and issue "init 3". Help me out. > Bob > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > >Mike Burger > >Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:55 AM > >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: RE: hang on start > > > > > >Thanks for the confirmation, Jeremy...didn't want > >to actually have to > >reboot the system to find out. > > > >for the occasional need to boot into runlevel 3, a is fine. > > > >Incidentally, since it was noted that remote > >access is possible, one could > >su to root and issue "init 3" in order to get the > >console back to text. > > > >On 17 Jul 2003, Jeremy Portzer wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 08:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Mike Burger wrote: > >> > > >> > > I don't think it's "s"...I'd have to > >actually reboot to find the actual > >> > > option from the Grub boot screen...but I'm > >fairly sure it's "A", not "S". > >> > > It's the option that lets you modify the > >boot options. > >> > > >> > "e" for "edit" lets you modify boot options at > >the grub prompt. > >> > >> Yeah, but it's easier to type 'a' to append > >options. When you do E for > >> edit there are a few other keystrokes necessary > >and it's a bit > >> confusing. A for append is much simpler; you > >just add 'single' (or > >> simply 's') to the end of the boot options line. > >> > >> --Jeremy > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Mike Burger > >http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > >Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > >telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or > http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message > to: > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with a message of: > > subscribe > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
