How to interrup a process in HP-UX startup

[RogerVI]

I installed HP-UX 11i in a worstation very long ago. In the process of startup this worstation there are several programs that delay so much, por example the mail daemon (in the console appears "delay" or "bussy". I suppose that it is due to a miss configuration of lan. I wish to stop or interrup this programs because they are not necessary for me. I don´t remember what key to press.
What key is pressed for stop a particular process in the rc ?

I aprecciate you help.

[Rajeev Shukla]

I remember interupting the boot sequence by either del key or break key. But really if you dont need that process to start everytime, you could remove it from the /sbin/init.d, rename it or remove the link in /sbin/rc?.d/ repending on the run level it is trying to start.

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

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should do the trick.

[Patrick Wallek]

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should do the trick.

NOTE: That is the 'pipe' symbol.

[Bob E Campbell]

If you look in /etc/rc.config.d you will see the environment files that control the init scripts behavior.

Without making any recommendations I will mention that for example the mailservs file can be modified to not start sendmail in any future boot.

A little cleaner, if less satisfying, than the interrupt.

[RogerVI]

Thank you very much

[Bob E Campbell]

Oh! I should have mentioned that you can boot directly to "init S" or single user mode. At that point you could manually run the scripts and have all sorts of fun.

You have to manually interact with the ISL or EFI in order to do this. The details should be documented for your specific model but in general you hit a key during the 10 second countdown and enter the boot command "hpux -is".

Bob