On Wed, September 30, 2015 09:33, James B. Byrne wrote:
> If I log into a host via ssh from my workstation then I can enter
> this:
>
> shutdown -r +90&
>
> and log out. The shutdown command will continue in effect and will
> activae 90 minutes later.
>
> However, if I do this instead:
>
> ssh -t host.domain.tld 'shutdown -r +90&'
>
> then the shutdown command does not remain in effect. Why is this so
> and is there some way to achieve this?
>
>
Why is it that after beating my brains out and finally asking for help
the answer appears? I have to close the stdxxx files before putting
shutdown into the background.
This seems to work:
ssh host.domain.tld 'shutdown -r +90 > /var/log/shutdown_$(date
+%Y%m%dT%H%M).log 2>&1 <&- &'
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