To followup, I tried replacing the end part of the script with the following: reply=none until [ "$reply" = "REBOOT" -o "$reply" = "reboot" ] do read -t 60 reply done reboot exit 0 EOF I thought since the script was going through an continuous loop, this would not be considered being idle so there would be no timeout. I'm no longer waiting forever on the read command like in the original. However, I still get the login screen after 1-2 hours. BTW as you know you don't actually login to run the rc.local script so my subject title could be titled better. It could be the rc.local script is just given a certain amount of time to run, after which it continues with the boot process to the login prompt. I'm not sure what the cause is... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
