shutdown machine from crontab

[Antonio Olivares]

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> Sent: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:12:22 -0500
> To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: shutdown machine from crontab
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can you try:
> 
> systemctl poweroff
> 
> instead of /usr/bin/poweroff and see if that works?
> 
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
> 

Ranjan,

Tried it and it does not poweroff machine via crontab.  However, from
$ systemctl poweroff

does poweroff machine.  What could be preventing it from shutting down.  I will try the -f option suggested also, then report back.

Best Regards,



Antonio

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