From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 22 15:01:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA03383 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:01:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA03331 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:01:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA06772 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00:45 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id AAA17251 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00:43 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.4/keltia-uucp-2.9) id XAA11159; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:58:47 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:58:46 +0100 From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reboot(8) and slow-dying processes References: <199701221243.MAA01343@veda.is> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.58.1-8,11-15 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#2944 In-Reply-To: <199701221243.MAA01343@veda.is>; from Adam David on Jan 22, 1997 12:43:55 +0000 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Adam David: > Jörg, are you saying that a hook to rc.shutdown is needed for both programs, > or that reboot will eventually become a control panel for init? > (perhaps also /etc/init.conf to adjust the defaults) I think it is better that way. reboot/halt send a signal to init and init runs /etc/rc.shutdown (which will maybe run a few other scripts ā la rc.d) then brings the system down. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #36: Mon Jan 13 21:43:35 CET 1997