Does the Shutdown Permission Setting Persist After Deploying a RAD Utility System Image?

Updated Jun 10, 2026

Reported In

Operating System

  • LabVIEW Real-Time (NI Linux Real-Time)

Issue Details

We are granting the shutdown permission so that a PXI controller can be shut down from a LabVIEW application by following the procedure described in the article below:

Shutting Down NI Linux Real-Time Devices Programmatically - NI

Is the shutdown permission added by the following command included in the RAD Utility system image?

Solution

The shutdown permission setting is retained after applying a system image, so it does not need to be reconfigured each time.

The command described in the article: usermod -a -G shutdown lvuser 

The command modifies /etc/group and adds lvuser to the shutdown group. A retrieve operation was performed after applying this setting, and the resulting system image was checked to confirm that the permission setting was preserved. In addition, after deploying the retrieved system image to another target, the shutdown permission was still correctly configured.