Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

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 )

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 ... 

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

	- 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 )


c ya
alvin