On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:05:18PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > Is there a way to start a delayed shutdown over SSH and disconnect > immediately (e.g. non-blocking)? > > > I've tried: > > ssh u...@host sudo shutdown -h +1 &
try sudo shutdown -h +1 \&
the & is being gobbled by the shell you are in not the sudo shell
i usually use sudo poweroff \& ; exit
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> but shutdown blocks until it finishes.
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> I've also tried:
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> ssh u...@host sudo shutdown -h +1 &; exit
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> But sudo chokes on the ";" (e.g. sudo won't let me cheat).
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> TIA,
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> David
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