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Unable to shutdown / reboot my Debian 10 server
I'm trying to reboot my Debian 10 server but all I get is command not found.
I've tried:
shutdown
reboot
restart
poweroff
but nothing works. I found this thread but when I try to run any of this with ...
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Ubuntu shutdown fail "* Killing all remaining processes..."
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu Server. "reboot" works, but shutdown fails on the * Killing all remaining processes... step. I am using:
sudo shutdown now
After the failure, indicated by [...
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How to shutdown a computer instantly (1 to 5 secs) without using a physical switch/socket?
Is there any command / program via which I may shutdown my system instantly (1 to 5 secs)?
Update (2015): Thank you to those who have suggested to turn off using the power socket. :D
Update (2016): @...
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Shutdown Windows 10 truly for a dual booting system
It seems that "Shut down" in Windows 10 actually means "Shut down and hibernate". This has caused my NTFS partitions cannot be automatically loaded on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) on my dual-booting laptop. ...
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How do I run a script before everything else on shutdown with systemd?
Note: Briefly formulated question can be found at the bottom.
I have a script which makes a backup of my files onto an external USB drive. Executing it can take a while, depending on the amount of ...
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Have UPS shut down computer automatically in Linux when the power goes out
I'm wondering that I could not find anything useful on Google.
I'm using a cheap UPS which actually does keep my computer powered for awhile if there are some electricity issues (they are very common ...
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How can I disable the "Chromium didn’t shut down correctly" message when my browser opens?
I am running Chromium 39 on Ubuntu 14.04, on a single-board computer (ODROID U3, though I believe the question is applicable to Chromium on any Ubuntu system and possibly other Linux distros as well).
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Are there any good reasons for halting system without cutting power?
Are there any good reasons to halt a system without switching off power to the hardware? I mean using the halt command without using the -p switch.
I haven’t been able to find an answer on the ...
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What is the difference between the shutdown, halt and reboot commands?
Should I be using one or the other for different things?
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Linux shutdown in 30 seconds?
Simple question: what params can be used to shutdown a computer running Linux/OSX in 30 seconds? I've always run Windows, where I would go shutdown -s -t 30 but the parameters are different. I've ...
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How does systemctl schedule system shutdown?
When I type shutdown -h +30, Linux somehow schedules runlevel's change within 30 minutes. On Debian, /sbin/shutdown is symbolic link to /bin/systemctl. My tests indicate that shutdown does not use ...
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How to shut down a computer having a particular IP address?
If we have a collection of Windows and Linux computers on a LAN, is it possible to shutdown a computer having a specific IP address, using the Linux shell?
Assume that I do not have ssh or telnet ...
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My computer reboots when I tell it to shutdown
There are about 40 computers at work with this problem. They all have an ASUS P5KPL/1600 motherboard. They are all running SUSE Linux 11.1.
When I tell the computer to shutdown either through the UI ...
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Shut down computer using ssh
What ways are there to shut down a computer using ssh? I'm running on linux and when I try to shut it down remotely using ssh, it doesn't actually work. I used the command sudo shutdown now. ...
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Does shutdown/reboot need root privileges under Linux? [closed]
Why do I need to be root to shutdown/reboot my computer from the terminal? Doing so via the GUI menu doesn't require root privileges.
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How can I catch or stop a Linux shut down from the terminal?
Is there a way to catch or stop a Linux shut down after a reboot, halt or shutdown command has been entered?
sudo shutdown -r +10
I should now have 10 minutes before the computer shuts down. If I ...
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What is the proper way to enable a normal user to shutdown, halt or reboot the computer?
My dirty solution is to chmod +s /sbin/shutdown. It works but this is probably not good practice and insecure. Moreover after some system updates the suid bit gets reset. What would be the correct way ...
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Poweroff , damages hardware?
So i've been using poweroff command to shutdown my computer at a specific hour.
Is it okay for the hardware to do this (e.g hard drives)? Or should I use other system call?
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Execute script before shutting down in Ubuntu
When I shut down my computer I want to show some pending tasks that I have to do before leaving the office.
I have a local application to manage those tasks, so basically I just want to run a command,...
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Run a script on systemd service ONLY at shutdown not restart
[Unit]
Description=test
Before=shutdown.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/true
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/test.sh
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I tried a lots of ...
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Run script before other units stop on shutdown
I need to run a script before a set of other services on my machine stop when shutting the machine down. (In my case, terminating an EC2 instance.)
I have tried variations on the answer in this ...
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How do I shutdown a Linux box without running init 0
I want to shutdown my computer as if power was cut off (don't ask me why). How do I do this under Linux?
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A keyboard shortcut for the "status menu" in GNOME 3
Is there a keyboard shortcut, or can a keyboard shortcut be defined, to open the GNOME 3 "status menu" (the one in the upper right corner with your name on it that you use to log out, restart or shut ...
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system-wide crontab vs. user crontab to shutdown pc
I'm trying to shutdwon my pc at 2 am once a week.
If I use the user crontab of root (sudo crontab -e)
30 2 * * 3 shutdown -h now
the shutdown will not be performed.
However, if I place the same ...
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Shutdown Ubuntu Command
What is the command or application that allows a user to shutdown the computer from gnome. And how does it have privileges while halt requires superuser?
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Will the linux "shutdown" command allow a parameter to determine the pause between sending SIGTERM and SIGKILL?
The man page seems to indicate no. There is /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt on Fedora. It has a hard coded pause in it, but there's got to be a better way than to change that script. Any help would be ...
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Why does net rpc shutdown fail with the right credentials?
The command
$ net rpc SHUTDOWN -f -I xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U uname%psswd
Fails with the following errors:
Could not connect to server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
The username or password was not correct.
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How do I shutdown Slitaz from terminal?
I have Slitaz installed on my home server and the only way of interfacing with it is through and SSH connection. I have tried
shutdown -h now
But it only tells me shutdown is not a command
So I ...
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Autorun zerofree on boot (or on shutdown)
I have a virtualbox vitual server that keeps growing. To keep its virtual disk small I'm manually shrinking it using VBoxManage modifyhd disk.vdi compart after zeroing unused space on the disk using ...
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When I quit xmonad, how can I make it shut down applications nicely?
When I quit xmonad (Shift-Mod-Q), it kills all my running applications. This results in me losing my recent terminal history in gnome-terminal and in Chromium complaining on the next start up that it ...
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