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I have a Debian server that I want to shutdown on a schedule for maintenance reasons but am scratching my head on it. I was attempting to use the /sbin/halt ...
  1. 03-05-2007 #1
    nusse
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    schedule a shutdown

    I have a Debian server that I want to shutdown on a schedule for maintenance reasons but am scratching my head on it. I was attempting to use the /sbin/halt command but that can only be run as root (right?) .. anyone have any good ideas on this?

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    Yup that can only be run as root. In fact it is only xdm/gdm/kdm that can shutdown outside of root.

    If you are scheduling it use you can setup a schedule for it under root's cron.
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    If its a one off situation, you can use the "at" command as root instead of cron.
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