If you have a graphical login, select the shutdown tab and select shut down,
or shut down and reboot. If you are user (not sure, but I think only root
can do this) I just type "shutdown now", or "reboot".
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Newbie Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:44 PM
Subject: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked!
> I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine.
>
> What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set
to
> load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X
> login screen again. I have just been hitting the reset button to reboot,
but
> Linux yells at me the next time I boot it up.
>
> Thanks.. this is really the least of my concerns/questions at the moment,
> but I'll save the other ones for later when I've learned a bit more.
>
