Shutdown your ubuntu / Debian system with a USB Pendrive

Shutdown your ubuntu / Debian system with a USB Pendrive

It is for fun !!! and a utility!!!

First  find out the vendorId and productId of your USB stick:

$ lsusb

 

my output

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13fe:3600 Kingston Technology Company Inc.  

 

here

13fe - vendor Id

3600 - Product Id

Now create a file in: /etc/udev/rules.d/

 

I was created file :  100-usb-device-action.rules 

Then add the following line.

ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="13fe", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3600", RUN+="/sbin/shutdown -h now"

 

Substitute your vendorid and ProductID

After saving the file . Just plug your USB Pendrive in any USB Port . Your System will Shutdown!!!!