Re: Fwd: reboot command behaves different on Linux

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Mar 22 16:37, Frank Fesevur wrote:
> 2013/3/22 Thorsten Kampe:
> >> > And does anybody ever use that reason thing on the windows shutdown?
> >> I know it is used by server versions of Windows. When you request
> >> shutdown/reboot you must enter a reason, and it is logged in system logs
> >> (don't know exactly where, i guess you can find this in Event viewer).
> >> Looks like it's ignored by desktop versions (XP/7/home/whatever).
> >
> > This is called the shutdown tracker and it's on by default on server
> > systems (non core). Most people simply disable it.
> 
> I know that, but I was wondering if anybody ever really uses this
> feature from the command line.
> 
> And to be more specific, should the cygwin shutdown have an command
> line option to give the reason for shutdown. Now it is always "Other
> (Planned)".

Wouldn't probably hurt.  Think scripting on a terminal server.


Corinna

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