How to cleanly shut down a legacy Unix server
Minute 1: Send a broadcast message warning all logged in users (â wallâ )
Minute 2: Gracefully stop non-essential daemons
Minute 3: Sync teh filesystems (â sync; syncâ )
Minute 4: Unplug the power cord from the wall because the ACPI driver froze in 2013.
Itâs just a standard decommissioning process, whatâs stopping you?
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