Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il> writes: > Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net> writes: > > I'm not sure if anyone would find this useful: > > > > - If a shutdown is initiated from a tty -and- > > - It's not a restart -and- > > - The time parameter is set to "now" > > > > Then, the shutdown(8) program would give something like this: > > > > Shutting down <hostname> NOW, press ^C within 5 seconds to cancel... > > > > So the user would get a chance to terminate it before it's too late. > I know we are living in a virtual world, where even shutting down > a computer is just a 'wish', but lets keep some sanity, now means now. The "now" is not an issue; I think his point is that you *really* don't want to accidentally type "shutdown -h now" or "shutdown now" instead of "shutdown -r now" in an ssh session to a remote system - especially at 6 pm on a Friday night when the machine is in a colo center that's only manned during business hours. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.noReceived on Tue Sep 29 2009 - 09:09:00 UTC
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