shutdown scripts not executed

[Penni Nussbaum]

I used the command shutdown "shutdown -r -y 0" to halt my system. However, it looks like the shutdown scripts did not execute. Why?

[S.K. Chan]

Did you run at / level ? Use the full path for shutdown command.

/etc/shutdown -r -y 0

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
In what level were you when you typed the shutdown command?
TO see in your scripts worked look at /etc/rc.log.old


All the best

Victor

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Penni:

Have a look at '/etc/rc.log.old'. This will tell the tale.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Frederic Sevestre]

Hi,
In addition you can check the /etc/shutdown.allow.

[Krishna Prasad]

I use shutdown -r now
other then that everyone seems to be on the right page of asking what run level you are at.

Use who -r to find this out.

Another thing could be that someone moved the reboot command or changed the permisions on this file. shutdown actually calls reboot.

[Frederic Sevestre]

Sorry, I misanderstood your question.
No use checking the shutdown.allow to find the sutdown scripts failure.

[Penni Nussbaum]

the /etc/rc.log.ol only have the start up scripts in them. That's why I'm assuming the shutdown scripts did not execute. If they did, shouldn't they bi in this file?

[Darrell Allen]

Hi Penni,

What output did you get or did the command just "sit there"?

By the way, -r does a reboot after shutdown. -h does a halt.

Darrell

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Penni,

The /etc/rc.log.old file should have both the startup and shutdown log for the last boot.

also try this shutdown command,

shutdown -h now
shutdown -r now

run this from the / directory.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Roger Baptiste]

Hi, did the system actually
do the shutdown(reboot)?? or did it return back to the prompt? What was the response you got on the console after executing the shutdown command??
Do you have all the kill scripts in /sbin/rc?.d
i.e the Knnn scripts under /sbin/rc?.d .

What does /etc/shutdownlog show??
Has the syslog file been renamed as OLDsyslog after the shutdown??

HTH
raj