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Echogene
Asked: 2011-05-11 14:38:09 +0800 CST

Shutting down a computer remotely

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What ways are there to shut down a computer remotely? My desktop is running Ubuntu 11.04 desktop edition and when I try to shut it down remotely using ssh, it doesn't actually work. I used the command sudo shutdown now. Afterwards, it said that the system is going down for maintenance NOW or whatever. However, when I got home, I came to discover that the computer was still on stuck on the Plymouth shut-down screen.

I would like to know some other ways to shut down remotely and it would also be nice to know why sudo shutdown now doesn't actually work.

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  1. Best Answer

    Shutdown doesn't turn off the computer unless you use the -P option:

    sudo shutdown -P now

    Alternatively you can use sudo poweroff which does the same thing.

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