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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 2 more Q's about 386/ix
Summary: Init 5 & 6 are useful remote
Keywords: displays, shutdown
Message-ID: <1989Dec20.184112.3495@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 20 Dec 89 18:41:12 GMT
References: <1910@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <S4NKS-@utower.gopas.sub.org> <1989Dec19.002805.3039@virtech.uucp>
Reply-To: karl@mcs.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. - Mundelein, IL
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In article <1989Dec19.002805.3039@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>In article <S4NKS-@utower.gopas.sub.org>, fischer@utower.gopas.sub.org (Axel Fischer) writes:
>> jonm@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.
>> 
>> Easy:
>> 	- login from remote
>> 	- make yourself root (via "su" or whatever)
>> 	- cd / ; sync ; sync
>> 	- /etc/init 0
>
>This does not work for 386/ix.  Init will tell you that you must be
>on the console to run "init 0".  The best solution is to run
>/etc/shutdown -g0 -y (or /etc/init 0) < /dev/console

At least for us, the following works from any terminal if you are root:

init 5			# Power down and STAY down
init 6			# Reboot

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