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Hi,

I use RHL 6.2 on my machine with the default runlevel set to 5. But while
working I had switched to runlevel 3 for some work and then decided to go
back to the graphics mode. Problem is that I typed "init 7" at the root
prompt by mistake. Since this is not defined anywhere, it caused init to
shutdown all running programs. Also getty was no longer present at the VT's
for logging into the system. So I was locked out of the system and had to
reset the machine!

Is there a workaround for this? My guess is that the telinit script as well
as init should be modified to check whether a runlevel really exists before
switching to that. One way would be to check for the corresponding rc
directory and also to see if a getty line exists in /etc/inittab for that
runlevel ...

Sameer.
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