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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: What is the proper shutdown procedure?
To: bmiddaugNOSPAM@sdf.lonestar.org (Bob M.)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:17:44 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.44.0208201758440.3292-100000@sdf.lonestar.org> from "Bob M." at Aug 20, 2002 06:09:27 PM
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> Hi everybody,
> I was wondering what process to follow when shutting down.  Do you umount
> all the disks first?  If so, any particular order? would you do umount -A
> and does this cover / also?  Would you stop services before or after or
> not at all, does the o/s stop them for you?  Do you use *exit*?  Can I
> just hit the power button? :-)  Thanks,

I normally get a root (login usually) and do a shutdown(8).

       shutdown -h now    to halt in preparation to power off
    or shutdown -p now    to halt and power down if the system supports it
    or shutdown -r now    to reboot

////jerry

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