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On 2019-06-20 05:07, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 190619 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> > I'd like to have a quick way to halt my system from the keyboard, |
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> > without relying on obscure key combinations such as Alt-Up. |
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> > Logging in as a special user (with a special password) would be ideal. |
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> Why don't you simply goto another raw terminal via Ctl-Alt-F2 (F3 etc), |
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> login as 'root' & issue 'shutdown -h now' ? |
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Too much typing :-P |
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In the end I set up the Alt-Up hack again, because this thread convinced |
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me nothing else would be as lightweight, in multiple senses. |
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Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, |
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if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. |
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To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists |
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which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com. |
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