--- shutdown.script.orig 2010-03-08 15:52:14.000000000 -0600 +++ shutdown.script 2010-03-08 15:53:06.000000000 -0600 @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ done if [ x$delay = x ] then - echo "-t is mandatory" - exit 4 + delay=0 fi if [ x$reboot = x1 ] @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ if [ x$halt = x1 ] then - wall "System will poweroff in $delay seconds" + wall "System will poweroff in $delay seconds" sleep $delay /sbin/runit-init 0 fi