2 more Q's about 386/ix

[James Howard]

In article <1910 at syma.sussex.ac.uk>, jonm at syma.sussex.ac.uk (Jonathan
Meyer) writes:
> 
> Is it possible to run shutdown from anything other than the console VT?
> Sometimes I would like to be able to reboot my system safely from a remote
> login, but can't.
> 
> jon

# init 6 < /dev/console

will work I believe, also

# powerdown -Y < /dev/console

will powerdown the system, but won't reboot.



James R. Howard                
cs.utexas.edu!dell!mustang!jrh

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