Shut down?

[Brian Winter]

Once you get to the command line:

	shutdown -h now	(turns it off)
	shutdown -r now	(reboots it)

btw...  these have to be executed while logged in as root

Brian

On Friday, Jun 13, 2003, at 07:35 America/New_York, Grant wrote:

> Hello, all,
>
> I can logout, but apparently I dont know how to "shut down" linux 
> safely (from either the command line or the GUI).  After loging out, 
> I'm faced with the "login:" prompt, and can;t seem to do a "shutdown" 
> or "hdsit" or whatever the right  action is.  Upon re-booting, I'm 
> scolded and linux (2.3) does a complete HD scan and verify/repair.
>
> What's the secret word?  And can anyone point me to YDL documentation 
> (aside from the "by the package from them at full retail" kind? (which 
> I may do anyway).
>
> Grant
>
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