Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

[John Summerfield]

Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
 

- 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
- anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
 :-)
     

But as another poster said the buttons could be remapped to
initiate a graceful shutdown.
   

3-finger salute is already a graceful shutdown ( init 6 )
 

Mostly it's a reboot _iff_ you're not running X on the active console.
power and reset switches can only be connected or not
	- hitting the reset can do nothing or will take the machine
	into its reset code in the bios ... 
 

Correct.
        - hitting the power switch ... will power off the box immediately
        or delay 5 seconds before power off .. more bios code ..
 

Conditionally wrong. Machines I install now do a graceful shutdown.
        - you can't "remap" the bios code to something else ...
        and if you did, its not "user friendly" since its not standard
        for everybody on every pc
        ( all machines should behave the same way to prevent confusion )
 

If you run a box with just two cables - power and network - then the 
power button is a sensible tool for shutting it down.

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John
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