how to shutdown a Solaris server
February 5th, 2009
Here’s how to shutdown a Solaris server:
- login as root
- at the command line, type “sync”
- type “sync” a second time
- now type /etc/telinit 0 (NOTE: 0 = shutdown, s = single user mode, 6 = reboot)
- you will eventually get to an ‘ok’ prompt
From here you can actually unplug the server. If you would like to start the server up again, just type “boot” at the “ok” prompt.