--- sysvinit-2.78/src/halt.c.halt	Wed Apr 19 15:48:23 2000
+++ sysvinit-2.78/src/halt.c	Wed Apr 19 15:55:03 2000
@@ -218,8 +218,19 @@
 		 *	See if we are in runlevel 0 or 6.
 		 */
 		c = get_runlevel();
-		if (c != '0' && c != '6')
+		if (c != '0' && c != '6') {
+			char *file;
+
+			if (do_poweroff) {
+				file = strdup("/poweroff");
+			} else {
+				file = strdup("/halt");
+			}
+			close(open(file, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0644));
+			free(file);
+				
 			do_shutdown(do_reboot ? "-r" : "-h", do_poweroff, tm);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*