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On Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:58:42 PM German wrote: |
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> On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:32:25 -0400 |
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> Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > 150321 German wrote: |
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> > > If I run poweroff from root, the system shuts down. |
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> > > When I run poweroff from user -- command not found. |
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> > > How to shut down the system from user ? |
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> > I'ld say "Don't" : it's contrary to the principles of Unix, |
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> > which separate the roles of sysadmin (root) from those of ordinary users. |
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> > To shut down, I first exit Fluxbox via its menu, |
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> > then 'su' + root password, then alias 'down' = 'shutdown -h now'. |
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> > That observes the proper roles + ceremonies (smile). |
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> Interesting. But as I said ealier, I can reboot the system when I am a user |
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by Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The user can reboot the system, but can't shut down? |
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Strange |
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Either /sbin/poweroff or /usr/sbin/poweroff will do it from a local session (if |
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there's no other users logged in locally). |
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Like I said, /sbin is only on the search path for root by default on gentoo. |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
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