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Asif Ali S
Asif Ali S

Reputation: 91

How to shutdown and then reboot linux machine using python Language or shell script?

Am trying to shutdown and boot it again the Linux system using python language or shell script. can anyone clarify me in this ? even crontab is also okay

Upvotes: 8

Views: 37819

Answers (3)

Julien JEHL
Julien JEHL

Reputation: 61

You need two things to make your linux system to reboot.

1 - Give the user executing your script the privilege for reboot

$ sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/reboot_privilege

add line :

<user> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot

2 - Execute the python code :

import os
os.system("sudo reboot")

It will reboot your system without any prompt nor check password.

Upvotes: 6

El Marce
El Marce

Reputation: 3344

If you don't want to give root privileges to the python process, you can use systemctl reboot -i.

import os
os.system('systemctl reboot -i')

However, this will ignore all inhibitors, including other users logged in, etc. Use with caution.

Upvotes: 6

zydcom
zydcom

Reputation: 518

shell

reboot

python

import os
os.system('reboot')

Note: You need root permission to do reboot operation.

You should take some time to learn Linux basic concepts first.

Upvotes: 18

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