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Date:      Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/12093: /sbin/reboot does not run /etc/rc.shutdown during reboot
Message-ID:  <199906210630.XAA42759@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/12093; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Studded <Studded@gorean.org>
Cc: MIHIRA Yoshiro <sanpei@sanpei.org>, rustam@eanetways.com,
	freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/12093: /sbin/reboot does not run /etc/rc.shutdown during reboot
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 09:15:40 +0300

 On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 02:07:10AM -0700, Studded wrote:
 > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 > > 
 > > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 12:42:39PM +0900, MIHIRA Yoshiro wrote:
 > > > ru@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
 > > >
 > > > >> Synopsis: /sbin/reboot does not run /etc/rc.shutdown during reboot
 > > > >>
 > > > >> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 > > > >> State-Changed-By: ru
 > > > >> State-Changed-When: Wed Jun 9 01:13:34 PDT 1999
 > > > >> State-Changed-Why:
 > > > >> Not a bug.
 > > > >> init(8) executes rc.shutdown whenever it receives SIGTERM signal.
 > > > >> reboot(8) explicitly prevents this by sending init(8) SIGTSTP signal.
 > > > >> You can use shutdown(8) to terminate your system gracefully.
 > > >
 > > >   But
 > > >       shutdown -h now         --> not execute /etc/rc.shutdown
 > > >
 > > It shouldn't execute /etc/rc.shutdown:
 > > 
 > > shutdown(8):
 > > 
 > > -h      The system is halted at the specified time when shutdown executes
 > >         halt(8).
 > > 
 > > halt(8) is a link to reboot(8), and it acts like reboot, i.e.
 > > explicitly send init(8) SIGTSTP signal to prevent it from running
 > > /etc/rc.shutdown.
 > > 
 > > There are two ways to shutdown your system gracefully:
 > > 1) Explicitly send init(8) SIGTERM signal (kill -15 1)
 > > 2) Run ``shutdown [time]'' without specifying -h -r -p switches.
 > 
 > 	Neither of which is acceptable if you are issuing the command remotely and
 > absolutely must have the system reboot.
 > 
 Init(8) will run /etc/rc.shutdown and then reboot your system if send SIGINT.
 
 P.S.
 I'm working on init(8) and shutdown(8) code now to improve their functionality.
 Init(8) in 4.0-CURRENT now supports SIGUSR1 (halt) and SIGUSR2 (halt+poweroff).
 
 
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