From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 7 12:53:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28876 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 12:53:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA28861 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 12:52:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id VAA17557 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 21:48:40 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03744; 07 Feb 98 21:49:39 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 06 Feb 98 21:26:39 +0100 Subject: Re: Powering off the system/UPS Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" At 06 Feb 98 15:25:53 John Fieber (2:234/49.99) wrote to All regarding Re: Powering off the system/UPS in area "freebsd-hacker" JF> Maybe I missed it in the thread, but why it is a Good Thing to JF> put UPS support in the kernel as opposed to a purely user mode JF> daemon that monitors the UPS and does the Right Thing, like JF> shutdown(8), when things get to a critical state? In jumps my hobby-horse: Then make sure /etc/rc.shutdown is executed, as init does, but reboot doesn't. Unless my pr bin/5451 is implemented. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk