[systemd-devel] Antw: [EXT] Q: shutdown messages and the lack of such

[Ulrich Windl]

>>> fox <firefox at firemail.cc> schrieb am 08.10.2020 um 16:29 in Nachricht
<78d3cbcf17099224becfcd371ebb0a9c at firemail.cc>:

>> I wonder: Shouldn't here be an infiormational message at least when
>> the shutdown command is entered, and at least a notice message when
>> the actual shutdown time has arrived?
>> If you review syslog laternot at all obvious what had happened.
> 
> 
>         shutdown [OPTIONS...] [TIME] [WALL...]
> 
> Note that to specify a wall message you must specify a time argument, 
> too.
> ‑‑no‑wall #  Do not send wall message before halt, power‑off, reboot.
> 
> so, "shutdown now" # has an implicit   ‑‑no‑wall
> 
> seems it acts according to specs.

What "specs", "systemd specs"?

Besides that there wer two complaints: 1: No wall message, 2:nosyslog message

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