[Help] Trouble shutting down a linux machine (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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I am having issues with my linux machine running openSUSE MicroOS. It runs fine but I can't power it off via SSH. I tried shutdown, poweroff and halt but no command turned the machine off. I then have to physically push the power button but I don't feel comfortable doing that too often because I might interrupt some processes which are still running? Is there something I could still try or something I did wrong?

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[-] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

SystemCTL systems need to use: "systemctl shutdown".

Not sure if openSUSE uses it.

[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

poweroff or shutdown will work on almost every distro. Even systemd ones (they are usually symlinks but doesn't really matter because they work).

[-] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 1 points 3 months ago

@doomsdayrs @theorangeninja Not entirely correct, most will have shutdown scripts that call systemd, but that is a direct way to accomplish it.

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