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Cron job to shut down an idle computer
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#!/bin/sh | |
# This script, intended to be run as a cron job, checks if there are any logins or recent logins and shuts down if there are none. It is not intended to be portable and was written on a Ubuntu 16.04 machine. | |
last_login_time=$(grep "systemd-logind" /var/log/auth.log | perl -pe "s/ ip.*//" | tail -1 | date --file=/dev/stdin +%s) | |
if [ $(($cur_time - $last_login_time)) -ge 3600 ] && [ $(who | wc -l) -eq 0 ] | |
then | |
init 0 | |
else | |
echo 'current logins:' > /home/ubuntu/logins | |
who >> /home/ubuntu/logins | |
fi |
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