Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-28 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 12:19:26AM +1000, Mark wrote: > > What is the "KeyboardSignal"? Can you change it? Would that be a good idea? 10:41 $ dumpkeys | grep KeyboardSignal alt keycode 103 = KeyboardSignal See dumpkeys(1), loadkeys(1), and keymaps(5). Rob -- The story you are

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:31:11AM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary > > user and find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order > > to shutdown th

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and > find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the PC. > Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? Use sudo. Someone pos

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Mark
David Wright wrote: > Quoting Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > When logged in, press Alt+ to halt the system with > > > the Keyboard Request. > > > > > > > Is there anyway to change this key sequence to something like > > ++ ? > > I think it's the "KeyboardSignal" in your keymap. > What

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread francisco m . neto
» David Wright disse isso e eu digo aquilo: > Quoting francisco m . neto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I suggest a different approach. Still lon /etc/inittab, you > > can put another entry, for the keyboard request: > > > > kb::kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -h -a -t0 now > > > > The '-a' option

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > When logged in, press Alt+ to halt the system with > > the Keyboard Request. > > > > Is there anyway to change this key sequence to something like > ++ ? I think it's the "KeyboardSignal" in your keymap. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Victor
Dear friends, thanks to all of you for the many helpful suggestions. In the end I've complied with the method of Francisco Neto which is IMHO the tidiest. Here it is enclosed. Ciao Vittorio - Forwarded message from francisco m . neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - » I suggest a different

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Martin Würtele wrote: > > tha man page says something abaout /etc/shutdown.allow but i haven't got it > to work by now. it also says that you have to use the -a option if you want it to use shutdown.allow. and, that you need to m

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Mark
"francisco m . neto" wrote: > I suggest a different approach. Still lon /etc/inittab, you > can put another entry, for the keyboard request: > > kb::kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -h -a -t0 now > > The '-a' option tells shutdown to use an authorization file > at /etc/shutdown.allow. In t

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting francisco m . neto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I suggest a different approach. Still lon /etc/inittab, you > can put another entry, for the keyboard request: > > kb::kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -h -a -t0 now > > The '-a' option tells shutdown to use an authorization file > at /etc/sh

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread francisco m . neto
» Erdmut Pfeifer disse isso e eu digo aquilo: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:27:06PM +, Victor wrote: > > Of course it works but it reboots the system, doesn't shut it down. That's > > what I want. > > take a look at /etc/inittab and search for 'shutdown' (preceded by some > comment about ctrl

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:27:06PM +, Victor wrote: > Of course it works but it reboots the system, doesn't shut it down. That's > what I want. take a look at /etc/inittab and search for 'shutdown' (preceded by some comment about ctrl-alt-del). There you can change the arguments to shutdown,

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Victor
Of course it works but it reboots the system, doesn't shut it down. That's what I want. Ciao Vittorio On Friday 27 April 2001 08:26, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > does an ordinary ctrl+alt+delete not work? > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > On 27 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Using debian on a sta

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Jim McCloskey
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary > user and find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order > to shutdown the PC. Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? The other solution is

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:34:54AM +0200, Martin Würtele wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and > > find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the >

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Martin Würtele
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and > find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the PC. > Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? if you use wdm as grap

Re: Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, does an ordinary ctrl+alt+delete not work? Greetz, Sebastiaan On 27 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and > find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the PC. > Is there a way to power

Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread
Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to become root (su -) in order to shutdown the PC. Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? Vittorio - messaggio inviat

Shutting down as a user

2001-04-27 Thread
Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the PC. Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? - messaggio inviato con Freemail by superEva