Fwd: reboot command behaves different on Linux

Fedin Pavel p.fedin@samsung.com
Fri Mar 22 07:54:00 GMT 2013


On 22.03.2013 11:44, Frank Fesevur wrote:
> I'm also considering adding possibility to customize the shutdown
> message: shutdown -rf 22:00 "Rebooting because of Windows Updates".
> Who knows...
>
> And does anybody ever use that reason thing on the windows shutdown?
I know it is used by server versions of Windows. When you request 
shutdown/reboot you must enter a reason, and it is logged in system logs 
(don't know exactly where, i guess you can find this in Event viewer). 
Looks like it's ignored by desktop versions (XP/7/home/whatever).

-- 
  Kind regards
  Pavel Fedin
  Expert engineer, Samsung R&D Institute Rus


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