"shutdown now" from shell and it ask for /bin/sh on the console

[iorx]

Hi all!

Corrupt install or something with last version? (I've toyed around a bit with this install...)

See attached pic.

[meyergru]

And I thought I was dumb, I saw this too the other day.

[franco]

Don't use "shutdown now" manually. Use

# opnsense-shell halt

or

# yes | opnsense-shell halt

if you are in a hurry.


Cheers,
Franco

[franco]

PS: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?shutdown(8)

"When run without options, the shutdown utility will place the system into single user mode at the time specified."

Looks like it's working. ;)

[iorx]

And again he strikes (me) Captain Can't Google for Shit aka Major BSD Inexperience. Salud!

So indeed works as designed! I usually go with "shutdown -r now", but was toying around with an educational install here in Hyper-V, and... had the idea that without the "-r" it would shutdown and power off nicely (as I think linux does, another VM guest running DietPi goes into power off ... confirmed).

Read the man, -p:
So using "-p" is not recommended? The right way is "opnsense-shell halt"

Have a nice day!

[franco]

The official halt script is:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/etc/rc.halt

That is what "opnsense-shell halt" is calling.

Yes, it does use "shutdown -op now", but it also covers tasks not covered by OS itself:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/tree/master/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/stop

"reboot" action is very similar in this matter. 


Cheers,
Franco

[meyergru]

Yup, I had it for "reboot"... way to much Linux experience, I guess. Not all OSes are the same...