Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

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> > >      
> > Correct.
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> >    
> >
> > > 	- 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.
> >
> >    
>
> As long as all file systems are mounted read only (nfs is built to
> survive disconnects, but still ...)
>
>  

You are not listening.

Use acpi and it shuts down _properly_.



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Cheers
John

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