Well, it would be a little over 3 weeks at least that I'll be gone.

[QUOTE=Jwb52z;403759]Well, it would be a little over 3 weeks at least that I'll be gone.[/QUOTE]

I would just keep them....any that are already a few weeks old and NOT started may get unassigned.
Any newer and in progress probably not.

Something for when you get back:

Don't worry about being greedy and holding onto certain assignments even if they're on hold. Of all the numbers less than 1,000,000,000 (the Mersenne exponents that PrimeNet currently cover), about 50,000,000 of them are prime, so there are plenty of tests to go around!

I already had unreserved the 2 that I couldn't start before I leave before I came back to read this thread again. I'll just keep the new ones that it gives me until I get back then. BTW, I only do P-1 work, just so you know if it matters.

[QUOTE=Jwb52z;403767]BTW, I only do P-1 work, just so you know if it matters.[/QUOTE]

Tell your computer to shut it self down after the job is done.

[QUOTE=chalsall;403768]Tell your computer to shut it self down after the job is done.[/QUOTE]

LOL. To come back and see a message on the monitor: “Are you sure you want to shut down now? Abort, Retry, Fail?”

[QUOTE=TObject;403770]LOL. To come back and see a message on the monitor: “Are you sure you want to shut down now? Abort, Retry, Fail?”[/QUOTE]

LOL. Under Linux you don't get that. Under Winblows, I have no idea.

Under Linux, you probably get “Permission denied,” because your [i]sudo[/i] privileges timed out before the job completed, or something. Just kidding...

[QUOTE=TObject;403774]Under Linux, you probably get “Permission denied,” because your [i]sudo[/i] privileges timed out before the job completed, or something. Just kidding...[/QUOTE]

I appreciate the humour, but once you're root, you're root.

I used to teach a course at UVic. I explained that "sudo su -" was a bit like "I have a wish; give me infinite wishes".

Ubuntu has something called "RootSudoTimeout", which is 15 minutes by default.

I am just shooting in the dark; I do not know if it applies to how automatic shutdown on task completion is performed (we could use a master class on that); and I know you need administrator privileges to turn off the computer.

And, to answer my own question, for Ubuntu, here is, apparently, a way to make it not ask for password on shutdown:

[url]http://askubuntu.com/questions/15526/how-to-shut-down-the-computer-after-a-task-has-been-completed[/url]