COMMAND
^[[1J reboot
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Solaris 2.5.1
PROBLEM
Tobias Oetiker found following. How to reboot a sun ultra running
Solaris 2.5.1 from the console, when being logged in as a normal
user, without touching STOP-A (tested on ultra1 140m)?
Try executing:
perl -e 'print "\e[1J"'
on the console without starting X11. This will send your ultra
to kingdom come and only a power-on reset can get it back... This
can be tricky because some users like to telnet to a VAX system
from the sun console without starting up X11 (OK, let's imagine
that situation). On the VAX they use their favorite editor, which
uses above escape sequence to clear the screen. Unfortunately the
screen clearing is a bit to effective on a ultra.
SOLUTION
The bug is in the Sun bug-database under ID 4039619 (that is the
number quoted by Tobias's sun service rep) The workaround
according to sun is: "Don't log into the VAX without starting
X." Obvious yes...