Pushbutton -> print message and shutdown. Prints message only the first time

Question

I wrote a small script to shutdown the pi once the button is pressed for 2 seconds. It should print a message and after one second shutdown the pi. I also have this script to run automatically on each boot (init.d). The problem is that the first time I run the script, when i press the button it works as it should. But after I turn on the pi again (and the script starts automatically on boot) the button is still turning off my pi but no message is printed.

here is my script:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import subprocess

def Shutdown():
    print("message")
    time.sleep(1)
    subprocess.call(['shutdown', '-h', 'now'], shell=False)

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setup(3, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)

while True:
    GPIO.wait_for_edge(3, GPIO.FALLING)
    #sleep and check button state again (in case of accidental button press)
    time.sleep(2)
    if GPIO.input(3) == 0:
        break
Shutdown()

I tried it both on a pi zero and a 3b.

Do you have any idea why this would happen? Thnks for you time.

Answer 1

It is probably about the privileges. Shutdown needs sudo privilege. So you probably run the script as root thats why you are able to shutdown the pi with button. But when script is started at boot it dont have root privilege. Give your script sudo privilege with "sudo chmod 777" and add your script to crontab