preferred shutdown method

[Hilario J. Montoliu]

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El 23/11/10 09:22, Kaushal Shriyan escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> Which is the preferred method of shutdown of a Linux Server and any
> specific reason to go with the specific method.
> Please suggest/guide
> 
> Shutdown:
> 
>     * init 0
>     * shutdown -h now
>           o -a: Use file /etc/shutdown.allow
>           o -c: Cancel scheduled shutdown.
>     * halt -p
>           o -p: Turn power off after shutdown.
>     * poweroff
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kaushal
> 


That's a bit generic question because it deppends on the type of
init-system is using the GNU/Linux distro you are using.

It could be sys-v, bsd-style, upstart, etc...

Check your distro's man shutdown

HTH


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