How do I shut down?

[Tbarney]

I know I am a noob... I'm over it now I need to know how do you properly shut the system down? If I am at the xwindows (?) based login screen I see no options for shutting down.
Thanks for any assistance.

 

[olded]

Tbarney:

Everybody is new at least once.

From the command line and logged in as root, use the shutdown command. If you do a man shutdown you can see the options to change the default:

NAME
shutdown - shut down system, change system state

SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/shutdown [ -y ] [ -g grace-period ] [ -i init-state ] [ message ]

Regards,


Ed

 

[Tbarney]

Well I certainly appreciate the reply, But how do I get to the command line? I am running Solaris 8 x386 version. It is set to boot up to the x-windows login screen. No button or option I can readily see will get me to a command line from the login screen.
I'm sure it is simple, I'm just not seeing it...
Thanks for any help.

 

[JEV]

Try logging in, then find a terminal or a console. Then type poweroff. I think there is another way just press ctl+alt+del and wait until it shuts down and power it off before it reboots