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I've added a script called kafka, which runs two never ending services (the kafka server and the zookeeper)

I've added this script into /etc/init.d And also added to the profile on the

nano ~/.profile

Now after I turn on my Ubuntu, and write my password, the screen looks like it's locked, waiting for the script to end.

But now I can't access anything on my virtual machine.

QUESTION:

If there any way to fix this and delete the script I've added?

It stays like this for ever...

locked

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Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to access tty1. Once in tty1, login with your username and password. Then you can use Nano remove the offending lines. After you have removed them, do:

sudo shutdown -r now

P.S. Your problem is probably that you didn't put & after the command to run the script.

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  • Thanks! That's exactly what I want. By the way, I've put && between command. It should be just one &?
    – waas1919
    Sep 27, 2017 at 13:33
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    @waas1919 && means to run the following command if the first completed successfully. A single & means to run the command in the background, which is what you want, otherwise it hangs the userspace startup. So for example, what you want is ./script.sh &
    – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit
    Sep 27, 2017 at 13:37

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