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On Friday, April 8th, 2022 at 5:13 AM, Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> 
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> > On 7 Apr 2022, at 21:22, olivares33561 via users 
> > users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> >
> > Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland.
> >
> > I am getting closer.
> >
> > [olivares@fedora user]$ cat poweroff.service
> > # /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.service
> > [Unit]
> > Description = Poweroff machine at 16:20 PM Mo-Fri
> >
> > [Service]
> > Type=oneshot
> > #ExecStart=~/bin/poweroff.sh
> > ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/systemctl --no-block poweroff.service
>
>
> To power down the system you can use the command
>
> /usr/bin/systemctl poweroff
>
> See man systemctl for the details of what this does.
>
> Barry
>
>
> > [olivares@fedora user]$ cat poweroff.timer
> > # /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.timer
> > [Unit]
> > Description=Poweroff machine at 4:20 PM Mo-Fri
> >
> > [Timer]
> > OnCalendar=Mon..Fri --* 16:20:00
> > Persistent=true
> >
> > [Install]
> > WantedBy=timers.target
> >
> > I get the following error message:
> >
> > [olivares@fedora user]$ systemctl --user enable poweroff.service
> > The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=,
> > Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template
> > units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
> >
> > Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
> > • A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
> > .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
> > • A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
> > a requirement dependency on it.
> > • A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
> > D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
> > • In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
> > instance name specified.
> > [olivares@fedora user]$
> >
> > Thank you all for helping me.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Antonio

I have modified poweroff.service and added the line

[olivares@fedora user]$ cat poweroff.service
# /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.service
[Unit]
Description = Poweroff machine at 16:20 PM Mo-Fri

[Service]
Type=oneshot
#ExecStart=~/bin/poweroff.sh
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/systemctl --no-block poweroff.service
ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff
[olivares@fedora user]$ cat poweroff.timer
# /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.timer
[Unit]
Description=Poweroff machine at 4:20 PM Mo-Fri

[Timer]
OnCalendar=Mon..Fri *-*-* 07:45:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
[olivares@fedora user]$

however, when I try to enable the service I get

[olivares@fedora user]$ mcedit poweroff.service

[olivares@fedora user]$ mcedit poweroff.timer

[olivares@fedora user]$ systemctl --user enable poweroff.service
The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=,
Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template
units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.

Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
• A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
  .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
• A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
  a requirement dependency on it.
• A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
  D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
• In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
  instance name specified.
[olivares@fedora user]$

I changed 16:20:00 to 07:45:00 for testing purposes.  But this is what I get.  
I just want a service that powers off machine using this method.  The crontab 
method of shutting down the machine worked before, but now fails too.  I don't 
have any crontab entries anymore to make sure it does not affect/compete with 
systemd-timer.

[olivares@fedora user]$ crontab -l
[olivares@fedora user]$


Thank you for all who are providing suggestions.

Best Regards,


Antonio
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