[SOLVED] how to inhibit shutdown ?

marozsas · 12-21-2022, 05:10 AM

Hi there,

It is the 3rd time I do this: Start a borg backup of my home computer at middle of day and at the end of day, as usual, I shutdown the computer, completely forgetting about the running backup.

I wish that exist a way to inhibit shutdown/reboot/poweroff/logout while the backup it is running.

I use borgmatic which has hooks to pre/post phases, so I can hook a command to inhibit and after release the shutdown/reboot/poweroff/logout action.

Is this possible ?

syg00 · 12-21-2022, 05:21 AM

man systemd-inhibit

marozsas · 12-21-2022, 08:20 AM

Yes ! Thank you !

Code:

systemd-inhibit --list
WHO                  UID  USER   PID   COMM            WHAT                                                                                           WHY                                                             MODE 
...
borg backup          0    root   26366 systemd-inhibit shutdown:sleep:idle:handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key:handle-lid-switch borg backup runnning                                            block
...

6 inhibitors listed.

rclark · 12-21-2022, 01:59 PM

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and at the end of day, as usual, I shutdown the computer,

You got to stop doing that

. My desktops and server run 24x7. No reason to turn them off (unless going on vacation or something).