Re: [Sheflug] Can you help me with this one?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

Steve Tickle wrote:

> I've done some playing around with /etc/crontab but the following line only
> seems to work when root is logged in.

> 00 15 * * * root halt

Then you may have the file /etc/shutdown.allow(5), and a halt(8) or
shutdown(8) that has been hacked to assume "shutdown -a" mode.

Try mv'ing the shutdown.allow file elsewhere (note this leaves you
vulnerable to a three finger salute on the console, but if they can
reach the console, they can probably reach the power switch, too).

Also try using "shutdown -h now" in the crontab.

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