[CentOS] /etc/inittab
Warren Young
warren at etr-usa.com
Tue Nov 5 22:24:28 UTC 2013
On 11/5/2013 15:10, Wes James wrote:
> I noticed in /etc/inittab that it has this line:
>
> # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
>
> It makes sense, but what if it did get set to 0 or 6? Is there a way to
> boot to single-user mode anyway to edit the file and change it to a correct
> value?
Yes: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/
I found out the easy way: by trying it in a VM. You should have a VM
set up for testing, too. Set a snapshot before you do anything
dangerous, so you can revert to it.
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