Solaris 8 Maintenance Update 6 Installation Guide

Cannot login if System Is Not Rebooted (4423853)

When installing in single-user mode, do not use the exit command when done. You must instead use the reboot command. If exit is used instead of reboot, the following happens:

Workaround: If the exit command is used after installing in single-user mode, reboot the system.

If the exit command is used after installing in multi-user mode and no root users remain logged in, reboot the system.