Shutting Down the System

You can shutdown the system by typing:

# halt

To power off the machine, you can also enter:

# poweroff

If you wish to reboot the machine, you can enter:

# reboot

Alternatively, you can use the shutdown command:

# shutdown <flag> now

where <flag> is one of:

• -h: to halt
• -p: to poweroff
• -r: to reboot

For more information, please see the following manpages:

• boot(8)
• halt(8)
• poweroff(8)
• reboot(8)
• shutdown(8)