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powerdown(1M)  —  ADMINISTRATOR COMMANDS

NAME

powerdown − stop all processes and turn off the power

SYNOPSIS

powerdown

DESCRIPTION

The powerdown command brings the system to a state where nothing is running. 

The command invokes a visual interface (the powerdown task available through the sysadm(1M) command). 

You are asked questions that control how much warning the other users are given. 

The identical function is available under the sysadm menu:

sysadm powerdown

This command may be assigned a password with the sysadm systemsetup password command. 

FILES

/usr/sbin/shutdown − invoked by powerdown

DIAGNOSTICS

The powerdown command exits with one of the following values:

0 Normal exit. 

2 Invalid command syntax.  A usage message is displayed. 

7 The visual interface for this command is not available because it cannot invoke fmli.  (The FMLI package is not installed or is corrupt.) 

SEE ALSO

shutdown(1M), sysadm(1M)

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