shutdown -h now will halt the system not reboot it, you need shutdown -r now
Marcin Kurc CAD Systems Administrator Cooper-Standard Automotive -----Original Message----- From: Karsten M. Self [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:19 PM To: Debian User List Subject: Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done! on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:32:35AM +0200: > > > > - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx' > > Now make that script do a "shutdown -h now" after startx exits, and all > you'll have to do to shut down is exit X. Maybe. Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you want: startx_command && shutdown -h now ...which should only restart the system if X is exited normally. If it exits with a nonzero status, the system stays up. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? zIWETHEY: Provocative, super smart, and oh yeah, just a little sexy. http://z.iwethey.org/forums/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
