[SGVLUG] runlevel 1 backup

[John E. Kreznar]

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Don Saxton <dsaxton at pacbell.net> writes:

> I have a script for a tar backup. It should be run at init 1 on this 
> headless machine with ssh access.

> Obviously there is no sshd at runlevel 1. 
> So how can I perform this sequence: telinit 1;backup; telinit 3 ?

Ah- fun problem, succinctly stated.

Looks like everything on such a command line after the "telinit 1;"
would be lost when the ssh session is killed by entering run level 1,
right?

Are you willing to tailor /etc/inittab to support this function?
What's in there now for run level 1 on your headless machine?

I'm wondering if setting environment variable SUSHELL to get sulogin
to do something special after the telinit 1 might be a workable
solution here.  If it were me, since I'm running xen now, I would
create throw-away machines to familiarize myself with the exact
sequence of events upon telinit 1.

- -- 
 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13

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