.TH DOWNTIME 1 "2007-08-12" "" ""
.SH NAME
.B "downtime"
- A GTK-based shutdown manager using shutdown(8)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "downtime"
[
.I "config-file"
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
DownTime is a GTK front-end to the standard UNIX shutdown(8) utility, which must be present in some form on your system for DownTime to function correctly.
.PP
Specify a configuration file on the command-line to override the default configuration file location.
.SH REQUIREMENTS
In order to work correctly, DownTime must be able to locate a shutdown(8) binary on the system. If it can't be found in the usual PATH, DownTime checks for it at "/sbin/shutdown".
.PP
Furthermore, users hoping to make use of DownTime must have permission to execute shutdown(8) successfully (i.e., if you can't do a "shutdown -p now" from a command-line, DownTime isn't going to work either).
.PP
On some systems (such as FreeBSD) the "/sbin/shutdown" binary is setuid root, so a user simply has to have "execute" permissions on the file. A thorough explanation of how this might be accomplished is out of scope here, but "chmod o+x /sbin/shutdown" might do the trick. Please see the chmod(1) man(1) page for more information.
.PP
On the other hand, some other systems (e.g., at least some Linuxes) do not implement such a configuration. Please consult the documentation for your system on how to allow ordinary users to execute shutdown(8).
.SH USAGE
The DownTime interface is (hopefully!) highly intuitive and should present no problems for users.
.PP
Please note that, as shutdown(8) can only specify shutdowns with a granularity of one minute, pausing and resuming a shutdown will round the shutdown timer up to the nearest minute.
.SH FILES
~/.downtime	default location for stored DownTime settings
.SH LICENSE
DownTime is released under a two-clause BSD license. Please check the file "COPYRIGHT" in the root of the DownTime source distribution for a full copy of the license.
.SH CONTACT
Should you wish to contact the DownTime developer(s), please to so via downtime@nickwithers.com
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR chmod (1),
.BR shutdown (8)