https://github.com/urbanware-org/inhibit

Script to prevent accidental execution of critical commands, e.g. to shutdown or reboot the system
https://github.com/urbanware-org/inhibit

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Script to prevent accidental execution of critical commands, e.g. to shutdown or reboot the system

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/urbanware-org/inhibit
• Owner: urbanware-org
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-03-21T19:20:02.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-01-22T20:50:09.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-23T13:11:57.503Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: accidental, aliases, bash, halt, poweroff, prevent, reboot, shutdown
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 164 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG
  • License: LICENSE

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README (Inhibit)

    Project

        Inhibit

        Version 1.5.0

        Copyright (c) 2026 by Ralf Kilian

        GitHub: https://github.com/urbanware-org/inhibit

        GitLab: https://gitlab.com/urbanware-org/inhibit

    Definition

        The Inhibit project is a tool to prevent accidental execution of

        critical commands, e.g. to shutdown or reboot the system by prompting

        the user to enter its hostname.

    License

        This project is distributed under the MIT License. You should have

        received a copy of the license along with this program (see 'LICENSE'

        file). If not, you can find the license terms here:

            https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

    Usage

        Now, to e.g. prevent the accidental execution of the 'shutdown',

        'poweroff', 'halt' and 'reboot' commands, add the following lines

        either to '/etc/bashrc' (system wide) or '~/.bashrc' (for the current

        user, only).

        In the following examples 'inhibit.sh' is located in '/opt/inhibit'.

            # Prevent certain commands to shutdown the system in any way

            alias halt='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh halt'

            alias poweroff='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh poweroff'

            alias reboot='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh reboot'

            alias shutdown='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh shutdown'

        You can also give command-line arguments for the inhibited command,

        for example:

            alias poweroff='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh poweroff -f'

        It is also possible to also inhibit commands for services controlled

        by 'systemctl'.

            alias systemctl='/opt/inhibit/inhibit.sh systemctl'

        Notice that this alias will have no effect unless you explicitly add

        the name of the service (or services) which should be confirmed to the

        service list inside 'inhibit.conf'. Details can be found inside that

        file.

        After adding the preferred aliases, you can apply the changes either

        by logging out and in again or by reloading the '.bashrc' file of the

        current user (depending on in which file you have added the aliases).

            $ source ~/.bashrc

        Now, if you want to execute one of those commands for which you have

        set up (created aliases for) Inhibit, you will explicitly have to

        confirm their execution.

    Contact

        Any suggestions, questions, bugs to report or feedback to give? If so,

        you can find the contact information inside the 'CONTACT' file.

    Legal information

        The project name is completely fictitious. Any correspondences with

        existing websites, applications, companies and/or other projects are

        purely coincidental.

        All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

        Errors and omissions excepted.