On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:30:19PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:29:08PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:09:09PM +0100, david-mau...@netdefi.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > the result of the shutdown +5 -p command is unexpected :
> > > Enter pathname of shell or return for sh
> > >
> > > How to repeat :
> > > in a xfce4-terminal
> > > shutdown +5 -p
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > David MAURER
> >
> > Depends on you epxectations.
> >
> > -p handling is conditional on the host being able to power down by
> > software. Since you neglected to include a dmesg, we must conclude
> > your machine just isn't capable of doing a power down by software.
> >
> > -Otto
>
> Oh, you reversed the order of arguments. So -p becomes the message.
>
> -Otto
To elaborate: the default action of shutdown(8) is (as documented) to
go to single-user mode.
So this is all very much expected.
shutdown +5 -p
will go to single-user mode in m 5 minutes and announce that by
sending the message "-p" to all users.
-Otto
