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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to poweroff the system from user?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:14:11
Message-Id: men497$55b$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to poweroff the system from user? by Philip Webb
1 On 22/03/15 17:58, Philip Webb wrote:
2 >>> Because of that, the default of allowing ctrl+alt+del for local users
3 >>> makes more sense than disabling it.
4 >
5 > That doesn't follow : if you have multiple users,
6 > you don't want some rogue user rebooting randomly
7
8 You can't stop a local user from doing that. As mentioned, the reset
9 button works just fine. You really do want those users to reboot the
10 system properly rather than pressing reset...
11
12 Environments where the machine is locked away with only the keyboard
13 being accessible are far less common than people sitting in front of the
14 actual machine.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to poweroff the system from user? Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>