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.