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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/shutdown')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 index e0fa853726e7..d7073b2bc2f1 100644 --- a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 +++ b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 @@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ specify a future time in one of two formats: or .Ar yymmddhhmm , where the year, month, and day may be defaulted -to the current system values. The first form brings the system down in +to the current system values. +The first form brings the system down in .Ar number minutes and the second at the absolute time specified. .It Ar warning-message @@ -127,15 +128,18 @@ input. .Pp At intervals, becoming more frequent as apocalypse approaches and starting at ten hours before shutdown, warning messages are displayed -on the terminals of all users logged in. Five minutes before +on the terminals of all users logged in. +Five minutes before shutdown, or immediately if shutdown is in less than 5 minutes, logins are disabled by creating .Pa /var/run/nologin and copying the -warning message there. If this file exists when a user attempts to +warning message there. +If this file exists when a user attempts to log in, .Xr login 1 -prints its contents and exits. The file is +prints its contents and exits. +The file is removed just before .Nm exits. |