I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to
init 3,now i wanna run my system in init3 process without
reboot the system .How will you do for this scenario?

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / jaswant

#vim /etc/inittab

id:5:initdefault

you can replace 5 to 3 and save file

after that without reboot the system go to runlevel 3, use
following command

telinit 3

or

init 3

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / saravanan

/etc/inittab

id:5:initdefault


you should replace 3 in 5

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / jaswant

telinit 3

or

init 3

command you can use

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / naresh g

1)got to #vim /etc/inittab
change runlevel 5 to 3 and save it


2) without reboot the system to go to runlevel 3 we can run the follwing comand

#init 3

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / ajay

I think above all answers are wrong because if we make any changes in configuration file then we reboot the system for sure.
with out reboot the system it is better to use " start x "command.

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I have my default runlevel is init5 now i have configured to init 3,now i wanna run my system in in..

Answer / muthukumar

If you want to work without reboot. the only option is telinit 3

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