On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 10:17:36AM +0100, Menelaos Maglis wrote: > > It is an improvement to have a consistent (central) way to configure > this behavior. > > It is probably a "good thing" to allow users with physical access to > reboot/shutdown a desktop/laptop system. > > It is probably not a preferred solution for a multi-user/server system. > It is a definitely a bad thing to silently change/break an existing configuration.
That is really the problem that I have with this while issue that was brought up. I get that it is a "sensible" default to allow users on the console (TTY or via DM) permission to reboot the machine. However, when an admin has configured the system to disallow that sort of thing, it is frustrating to have a new thing come along and not respect the configuration. It is even more frustrating when the fact that the new thing ignores the configuration is not even documented where one would expect it (i.e., the Debian release notes in this case). Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
