shutdown login in /etc/passwd

khurdp · 01-05-2006, 02:43 PM

Hello,
I know I can have a shutdown login in /etc/passwd with UID 0. I have always noticed a shell like /bin/bash or /sbin/sh in the last section. I was wondering if i could have something like /sbin/shutdown -t 120 -h -F. Basically be able to pass arguments to the shutdown command. I know I can do it from a .profile but didn't want to expose a /home/shutdown directory.

Thank you,
Prasad

Brian1 · 01-05-2006, 05:43 PM

Not sure what you are after but here goes.
In /etc/passwd use this at the end /sbin/shutdown_now of the shutdown line.
Now in /sbin create a script and add the following.
Contents of /sbin/shutdown_now

Code:

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/shutdown -t 120 -h -F

Run the command ' chmod +x /sbin/shutdown_now ' to make it executable.

Hope this helps
Brian1