On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:48 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > If you want it shut down regardless of the outcome of apt, then this > should do it: > > sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo shutdown -h now Wrong, if the upgrade should take to long, then you need to type the password after the upgrade. Better run $ sudo -i # apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; shutdown -h now Regards, Ralf