Bhasker C V <bhas...@unixindia.com> writes:

>   Is there a method to prevent accidental powerdown of a linux box ?
>    or atleast alert ?

If you get in the habit of running "shutdown -r +1" instead of
"reboot", it will warn users for 1 minute before shutting down the
server.  That should give you enough time to run "shutdown -c" to
cancel the shutdown if you realize it's on the wrong machine.

Hope this helps,

-----Scott.


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