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Hi Tobias, Thanks for your help - it works! I've now got a totally hands-off backup that powers on each day, Syncovery runs it's profiles and then shuts the box down. I did find that shutdown -h +5 is more suitable than an immediate shutdown. In fact, I created an extra profile that backs up a singl...

Still trying to get the shutdown command to work after the final job. My lack of Linux knowledge is really showing itself ;) Logs show: Executing: sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now Cannot execute command line: sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now The execution is not authorized. Command "sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now" ...

I'd assumed a simple shutdown -h now would work after the final profile but it didn't seem to (OpenSuse Leap system). I'd installed through the Windows Linux installer so assumed Syncovery would have root access so no sudo required, but even with " sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now' it doesn't seem to trig...

It's x64

Thinking about it, I might be able to achieve it by chaining profiles and then adding the shutdown command to final profile. Perhaps this would work.

John

I have several profiles scheduled to run daily for backups. Is it possible for Syncovery to issue a shutdown command when the FINAL job has completed? In effect I want the linux box to wake up (it does this) run my Syncovery profiles and then close down when they have finished. I'm not certain which...