there are a number of things that I am fighting with but the first
thing I need to fix is the "exit" command. When I am logged in as
root, (and only root) when I need to log out I type in exit and the
computer shuts down. I have checked the /etc/bashrc file and no alias
is listed for exit. I have also looked in .bash_profile, /etc/
profile, .bashrc, and I cant figure out why this happens ........ I am
tring to get this set up for production, but I cant launch this into
service if I cant log out of root without shutting the machine
down ......... HELP!!!!!!!

bradb2230@yahoo.com wrote:
> there are a number of things that I am fighting with but the first
> thing I need to fix is the "exit" command. When I am logged in as
> root, (and only root) when I need to log out I type in exit and the
> computer shuts down. I have checked the /etc/bashrc file and no alias
> is listed for exit. I have also looked in .bash_profile, /etc/
> profile, .bashrc, and I cant figure out why this happens ........ I am
> tring to get this set up for production, but I cant launch this into
> service if I cant log out of root without shutting the machine
> down ......... HELP!!!!!!!

If you're starting in run level 1, try starting in run level 2, instead.

On 15 Apr, 21:09, Allen Kistler <ackist...@oohay.moc> wrote:
> bradb2...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > there are a number of things that I am fighting with but the first
> > thing I need to fix is the "exit" command. When I am logged in as
> > root, (and only root) when I need to log out I type in exit and the
> > computer shuts down. I have checked the /etc/bashrc file and no alias
> > is listed for exit. I have also looked in .bash_profile, /etc/
> > profile, .bashrc, and I cant figure out why this happens ........ I am
> > tring to get this set up for production, but I cant launch this into
> > service if I cant log out of root without shutting the machine
> > down ......... HELP!!!!!!!
>
> If you're starting in run level 1, try starting in run level 2, instead.

And check your locally modified /etc/rc.local, /etc/rc, /
root/.profile, etc., etc. if you've been tweaking them. A lot of new
admins copy in a whole lot of genuinely unfortunate crap from various
web-listed guidelines into new environments from incompatible old
environments, and discover serious bugs that didn't trigger fatal
behavior before.

bradb2230@yahoo.com wrote:
> there are a number of things that I am fighting with but the first
> thing I need to fix is the "exit" command. When I am logged in as
> root, (and only root) when I need to log out I type in exit and the
> computer shuts down. I have checked the /etc/bashrc file and no alias
> is listed for exit. I have also looked in .bash_profile, /etc/
> profile, .bashrc, and I cant figure out why this happens ........ I am
> tring to get this set up for production, but I cant launch this into
> service if I cant log out of root without shutting the machine
> down ......... HELP!!!!!!!

It is not a good idea to log in as root. Log in as a user and go root. Be root
only when necessary. Anyway when you exit root you become the user again.

You should be at a run level where ctrl-alt F1-F6 give you separate terminals.
I think that is at least 3.

However it does not make sense that an exit does not simply give you a login
prompt instead of shutting down.

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