Auto Shutdown

jt1020 · 05-31-2003, 02:00 PM

How can I activate auto shutdown in Red Hat 9?? if its possible??

any help will greatly be apreciated....
thnx in advance....

angelrod · 05-31-2003, 02:33 PM

Mmmm, I´m a newbie, but I know that the command to shutdown is:

shutdown -h now

but I don´t know where you have to put it in order to execute it automatically at a specified time.

webtoe · 05-31-2003, 02:35 PM

if you want it to be run at a specific time use the atd daemon. Though you may want to alter the command so that it gives you a few minutes to prepare for the shutdown and displays a message telling you that it is being run.

read the man page of shutdown for more options.

Alex

jt1020 · 05-31-2003, 06:40 PM

thanx for d replies, but i think you misunderstood me.... I'm looking on how to do an auto shutdown, for exapmple: When I sutdown my machine it automatically turns of...

thnx in advance...

webtoe · 06-01-2003, 04:16 PM

ah right

you need either APM or ACPI support in your kernel (power management in other words).

That has been asked before in these forums

Alex

jt1020 · 06-01-2003, 10:38 PM

I see, thnx for the replies...

I'll try to do a search...