CentOS - Jan 2021 - Reboot/shutdown without login

On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
> How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in?  Some
computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program
to do a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you hold the button down. 
Otherwise you'll need at least a keyboard, or possibly something like a
joystick or a mouse button?
Keyboard. i don't have a mouse hooked up since it's currently running 
without a GUI.

I wasn't sure if the power switch on the R720xd is monitored that way so 
that hitting the front panel button would shut the system down or maybe 
bring up the DRAC screen.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com>
wrote:
> On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
> > How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in?  Some
> computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can
program to do
> a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you hold the button down.
> Otherwise you'll need at least a keyboard, or possibly something like a
> joystick or a mouse button?
>
> Keyboard. i don't have a mouse hooked up since it's currently
running
> without a GUI.
>
> I wasn't sure if the power switch on the R720xd is monitored that way
so
> that hitting the front panel button would shut the system down or maybe
> bring up the DRAC screen.
>
>
>
The simplest would be to have a person plug in a keyboard and do a three
finger salute (CNTRL-ALT-DEL) on the system. Doing it once should trigger a
shutdown and reboot. [That said. I have seen some systems ignore it and
others do an immediate power cycle so please test.]

When the hardware is booted, the DRAC screen can only be brought up on the
network.



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