As root use the command, shutdown -h now See "man shutdown" for more details. When I use this command I still have to press the "off/on" button so this might not be exactly the answer to your question. hth, kent
Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > My new box has an automatic shut-off capability, i.e. in ms-windows > you make shutdown and the box shuts itself off (without the need of > pressing the button). > > How can I have the same beaveour in Linux? > > Now, whenever I want to shut-off the computer, I do a shutdown at Linux, > them I must!!! (the switch-off button does not work, it is only a > switch-on button) go to ms-windows to do a shutdown there (with the > corresponding shut-off action). > > At\'e breve > > Pedro Quaresma de Almeida > Departamento de Matem\'atica, Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia > Universidade de Coimbra > P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ > phone: 351 39 791170 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
