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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:40:14 -0400
From:      Paul Murphy <pnmurphy1@home.com>
To:        "Todd Reed" <ex279@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kicking off current users
Message-ID:  <20010918204029.MZHN24786.femail31.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there>
In-Reply-To: <F64HG0anlzmUR7BED0k0000c378@hotmail.com>
References:  <F64HG0anlzmUR7BED0k0000c378@hotmail.com>

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On September 18, 2001 02:05 pm, Todd Reed wrote:
> OK, I'm not sure if I've been asking the right questions or what, but here
> goes for a final time!
>
> I use the "shutdown -k now" to disable logins.  If anyone is currently
> logged into the system, they do not get kicked out.  How can I kick all of
> them out to prepare for a backup without doing a shutdown?
>

 Read the 'shutdown' manpage, I seem to recall there is a 'fake' shutdown 
that will kick users but not actually shutdown.

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