Odd server shutdown notices
I few days ago I was working on the filters from home. I was trying to become another user in order to debug some error emails I was seeing.
sudo su - SOMEUSER
should work great. After typing in my password, I see the following message:
*** System shutdown message from root *** system going down in 60 seconds
I start freaking out, and eventually realize that I should reboot the dang server before it is shutdown. This is one server that I don’t want powered off while locked deep in some telecom room on campus. So it reboots just fine, the CARP failover works great, all is well. I kind of forgot about this mystery until today, when I realized what had happened:
mike# fortune
*** System shutdown message from root ***
system going down in 60 seconds
IT’S A FREAKING FORTUNE MESSAGE. WORST JOKE EVER. NOT FUNNY AT ALL.