Command Line shutdown with other people logged on

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Hi All,

I need help shutting down a virtual machine running under virtual
box. I am only
including the Linux code as it might be of some help understanding
what is
going on. (And I know a lot of you are conversant in both, like I
am.) If you
don't understand the Linux stuff, please keep reading until you hit
the XP stuff.

Host: CentOS 5.2
Guest: XP-Pro-SP3

From a Crontab command, I am trying to turn off an XP virtual
machine. I use this command:

kdesu -u todd -c "/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm VirtualXP
acpipowerbutton"

It works, except, I get a prompt on the xp virtual machine stating
"other people are
logged onto this computer. Shutting down Windows might cause them to
loose data.
Do you want to continue shutting down Windows? Yes, No" And there
are
other uses and I don't care. I just want it to shutdown. But, I can
not because
I am not there at 23:30 at night to click on "Yes".

Is there a way to over ride this behavior and just shut down?

Many thanks,
-T
 
Re: Command Line shutdown with other people logged on

Virtual PC?

If you have a way to run a script or batch file within the XP/VM,
you might try using the cmd line shutdown command.

shutdown -s -t nn (where nn is seconds delayed)

shutdown /? (for the list of options)

I have no idea how you would initiate the script within the VM.



"Todd" <MargoAndTodd@gmail.com> wrote in message news:624d60f6-1ae6-4493-8f64-491ce6cd089b@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I need help shutting down a virtual machine running under virtual
> box. I am only
> including the Linux code as it might be of some help understanding
> what is
> going on. (And I know a lot of you are conversant in both, like I
> am.) If you
> don't understand the Linux stuff, please keep reading until you hit
> the XP stuff.
>
> Host: CentOS 5.2
> Guest: XP-Pro-SP3
>
> From a Crontab command, I am trying to turn off an XP virtual
> machine. I use this command:
>
> kdesu -u todd -c "/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm VirtualXP
> acpipowerbutton"
>
> It works, except, I get a prompt on the xp virtual machine stating
> "other people are
> logged onto this computer. Shutting down Windows might cause them to
> loose data.
> Do you want to continue shutting down Windows? Yes, No" And there
> are
> other uses and I don't care. I just want it to shutdown. But, I can
> not because
> I am not there at 23:30 at night to click on "Yes".
>
> Is there a way to over ride this behavior and just shut down?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
 
Re: Command Line shutdown with other people logged on

On Aug 20, 6:21 pm, "Bill Blanton" <bblan...@REMOVEmagicnet.net>
wrote:
> Virtual PC?
>
> If you have a way to run a script or batch file within the XP/VM,
> you might try using the cmd line shutdown command.
>
> shutdown  -s  -t  nn   (where nn is seconds delayed)
>
> shutdown  /?  (for the list of options)
>
> I have no idea how you would initiate the script within the VM.
>
> "Todd" <MargoAndT...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:624d60f6-1ae6-4493-8f64-491ce6cd089b@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi All,
>
> > I need help shutting down a virtual machine running under virtual
> > box.  I am only
> > including the Linux code as it might be of some help understanding
> > what is
> > going on.  (And I know a lot of you are conversant in both, like I
> > am.)  If you
> > don't understand the Linux stuff, please keep reading until you hit
> > the XP stuff.
>
> > Host: CentOS 5.2
> > Guest: XP-Pro-SP3
>
> > From a Crontab command, I am trying to turn off an XP virtual
> > machine.  I use this command:
>
> > kdesu -u todd -c "/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm VirtualXP
> > acpipowerbutton"
>
> > It works, except, I get a prompt on the xp virtual machine stating
> > "other people are
> > logged onto this computer.  Shutting down Windows might cause them to
> > loose data.
> > Do you want to continue shutting down Windows?  Yes, No"   And there
> > are
> > other uses and I don't care.  I just want it to shutdown.  But, I can
> > not because
> > I am not there at 23:30 at night to click on "Yes".
>
> > Is there a way to over ride this behavior and just shut down?
>
> > Many thanks,
> > -T

All I need is a registry setting in XP to over ride the warning about
other users
being logged on and just shut down
 
Re: Command Line shutdown with other people logged on

>"Todd" <MargoAndTodd@gmail.com> wrote in message news:cf59ec01-0885-416e-aa15-950543ae4b17@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>>On Aug 20, 6:21 pm, "Bill Blanton" <bblan...@REMOVEmagicnet.net> wrote:

>> If you have a way to run a script or batch file within the XP/VM,
>> you might try using the cmd line shutdown command.
>>
>> shutdown -s -t nn (where nn is seconds delayed)


>> "Todd" <MargoAndT...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:624d60f6-1ae6-4493-8f64-491ce6cd089b@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>All I need is a registry setting in XP to over ride the warning about
>other users
>being logged on and just shut down

Sorry, I'm not aware of any such setting. Perhaps someone else knows.
 
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