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Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] init vs. telinit vs. shutdown vs. ....
From:       Collins Richey <crichey () gmail ! com>
Date:       2004-09-06 18:50:27
Message-ID: e00942e404090611502867db03 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:04:17 +0200, Christian Parpart
<cparpart@surakware.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a little confused. There're lots of ways telling the host to shutdown (or
> reboot).
> 
> I usually use "shutdown -h now" to shutdown, as this was the very first
> command I learned to shutdown.
> init is the (hierarichal seen) root process that can also be used to switch
> between the runlevels, though, init 0, to shutdown as well.
> Then, I read about telinit, that is to be used to tell init to switch between
> the runlevels.
> Not to mention halt, reboot, and poweroff.
> 
> Any comments?

Yes, of course, all of these are possible, and, if you're not running
X, the old three-fingered saulte to inititate the process. In my case
with wdm as the login manager, I get to choose between reboot and halt
possibilities without worrying about any of the other methods. Since
my motherboard has the right power options, the halt option invokes
poweroff.

It's whatever floats your boat.

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