Could a bad dns record or host entry point one of the lines in the file back to itself? Is the yum update also being run on the host? Try a different command in the loop, e.g. 'echo $server > /tmp/test' should be a good troubleshooting start. On May 31, 2016 9:34 PM, "Nadim Hoque" wrote: > Its a virtual to virtual setup. All the guests are on the bridge > connection that I have made so that they are on the same network. To answer > your question I am not touching the VM host at all. > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:27 PM, sean wrote: > >> Are you running this on a virtual machine? If so, are you powering off >> its host machine? >> On May 31, 2016 9:22 PM, "Nadim Hoque" wrote: >> >>> Fellow Pluggers, >>> >>> So I am trying to perform a remote poweroff command and for some reason >>> the host powers itself off. I am able to run another command such as yum >>> just fine but when I try to execute the poweroff command the host turns off >>> as well. Below is the script that I am running >>> >>> >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> >>> for server in $(cat serverlist.txt); do >>> ssh $server.localdomain 'yum update -y && poweroff' >>> done >>> >>> Also note that the serverlist.txt does not contain the host itself. >>> Thanks for the help. >>> >>> Nadim Hoque >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Nadim Hoque > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >