Gracefully shutdown Solaris 9
This article shows how to gracefully shut down Solaris 9 from within the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), and from the Console login.
Shutdown from within CDE
To shut down Solaris 9 from within the CDE
- Login as the root user
- Right click on any free areas of the desktop. The workspace menu will appear
- Left click on the Tools menu item
- Left click on the Terminal icon The Terminal window will appear. It lets users enter commands directly into the system
- Type the command init 0 to bring the operating system down gracefully
Shudown from Console login
To shut down Solaris 9 from the Command Line Login
- Left click on Options button. Then hold down the left mouse button and select Command Line Login. A message should appear, saying
***************************************************************** * Suspending Desktop Login... * * If currently logged out, press [Enter] for a console login prompt * * Desktop login will resume shortly after you exit console session. * *****************************************************************
- Press the Enter key for a console login prompt.
- When prompted, type in root for the username and then press Enter.
- At the password prompt, type in the root user's password and then press Enter.
- At the root shell prompt (#), type the command init 0 to shut down the operating system
init 0 is a specific Solaris run level which shuts down the operating system and returns the sysadmin to prom mode. To review other Solaris run levels, read my article Solaris run levels.