Turn off server when shutdown

Ivan Carey ivan at careytech.com.au
Tue Jul 10 05:43:32 UTC 2007


Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:01:44PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> I am using FreeBSD 6.2 Release
>> When I run shutdown on my server it stays on and says:
>> "The operating system has halted"
>> "Please press any key to reboot"
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>> Is it possible to have the server turn off?
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> Yes, assuming the hardware supports it (which most modern hardware does.)
> Just use 'shutdown -p' instead of plain 'shutdown'.
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Is this function available via kdm also I am using an apc ups and 
running apcupsd do you know of a setting here?

Thanks,
Ivan


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