---
name: "hylafax-shutdown"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "hylafax-server"
version: "3:6.0.7-11.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hylafax-shutdown"
---

# hylafax-shutdown(5)

server shutdown control file

## NAME

**etc/shutdown** - server shutdown control file

## DESCRIPTION

If the file **etc/shutdown** is present it describes when a *HylaFAX* server is to be shutdown and may contain a descriptive message to return to clients explaining the reason for the shutdown. This file is used by the [*hfaxd*(8)](/hfaxd/8.md) program.

The file has the following format:

```
<year> <month> <day> <hour> <minute> <deny> <disconnect>
<shutdown message text>
```

The first line defines the date and time the server should be shutdown and the time preceding at which unprivileged clients should be denied service or disconnected; these fields are described in more detail below. Any lines that follow the first are taken as the text of a message to return to clients when notifying them of a scheduled shutdown or when denying them service.

- \<*year*\>

  The decimal year; e.g. 1996.

- \<*month*\>

  The decimal month; e.g. 10 for October.

- \<*day*\>

  The decimal day of the month in the range \[1..31\].

- \<*hour*\>

  The decimal hour since midnight; in the range \[0..23\].

- \<*minute*\>

  The decimal minute after the hour; in the range \[0..59\].

- \<*deny*\>

  The time prior to the shutdown time at which to deny service to unprivileged clients. This value is specified as decimal number in the form HHMM; e.g. 130 for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

- \<*disconnect*\>

  Time time prior to the shutdown time at which to disconnect unprivileged clients that are logged in to the server. This value is specified as a decimal number in the form HHMM.

## NOTES

This file is typically created using the \`\`SHUT'' command supported by  [*hfaxd*(8)](/hfaxd/8.md).

## SEE ALSO

[*hfaxd*(8)](/hfaxd/8.md), [*hylafax-server*(5)](/hylafax-server/5.md)