Stopping Hp-Ux; Shutdown Considerations - HP 9000 V-Class Operator's Manual

Stopping HP-UX

This section provides a brief overview of the process; for complete
instructions, see the Managing Systems and Workgroups.
Typically, you shut down the system to:
• Put it in single-user state so you can update the system or check files
• Turn it off in order to perform a task such as installing a new disk
Never stop the system by turning off the power. Stopping the system
CAUTION
improperly can corrupt your file systems. Use shutdown.

Shutdown considerations

Only the system administrator or a designated superuser can shut down
the system.
The /sbin/shutdown command:
• Warns all users to log out of the system within a grace period you
• Halts daemons
• Kills unauthorized processes
• Unmounts file systems
• Puts the system in single-user mode
• Writes the contents of the I/O buffers to a disk
Do not run shutdown from a remote system via rlogin if you use a
CAUTION
network service. The shutdown process logs you out prematurely and
returns control to the console. Run shutdown from the sppconsole
window on the teststation.
See the shutdown(1M) man page for a complete description of the
shutdown process and available options.
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