Re: Shutdown computer after a specific command has been executed

[Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com>]

On 12/09/2013 03:30 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 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

It depends on how you have sudoers configured.  On some systems certain
combinations of programs+options need no password.  It's up to the
sysadmin and the users.

Regards,
/Lars