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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the "halt" user for?
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:20:13
Message-Id: 20190619191957.mgkgjswuyao4jwjw@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the "halt" user for? by Jack
1 On 2019-06-19 15:10, Jack wrote:
2
3 > Won't "sudo halt" work? I frequently do "sudo reboor" or just
4 > "reboot" from a root shell. (I am also systemd free.)
5
6 I would prefer to avoid sudo for security reasons (to get root I
7 normally login on an otherwise unused virtual console). But yes, I'm
8 pretty sure that would work.
9
10 I'm also just curious what the intended prupose of the "halt" user is.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the "halt" user for? Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>