Solaris 8 keeps shutting down by itself

[irshad]

Hi,

My Sun Solaris 8 (Ultra 5) box keeps shutting down by itself (completely powers off) after I leave it alone for a few minutes / hours.

Is it designed to do this if there is no activity or if no one is logged on or something?

Thanks,
Irshad (I am new to Sun)

 

[gcevicelov]

When you installed the operating system you were asked if you wanted Power Management turned off or on. You probaby selected on and if you are using the equipment as a server you should always choose to turn this option off and have it NOT ask the question at each reboot - there is a place on the same screen to select this option. I'm afraid after install I don't know how to change the option but at least you know what it probably is. Perhaps someone else will know how to turn it off now.

Quote from Sun Manual: "Power Management Software automatically save the system state and turns the system off when it is idle for 30 minutes."

 

[Guest_imported]

Thank you very much.
Really appreciate the response.

Thanks,
Irshad

 

[Danne]

Hello !
Don't know if this helps you, but in the /etc/power.conf there is a row that looks something like this:
"autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 shutdown"

Change that row so it looks like this:
"autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 noshutdown"

Not much of a change but it worked for me

/Danne

 

[Guest_imported]

Thank you Danne.
This really helps.

Irshad