Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

From: John Summerfield (debian_at_ComputerDatasafe.com.au)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:55:10 +0800
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    Alvin Oga wrote:

    >hi ya
    >
    >On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>>- 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
    >>>
    >>>- anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
    >>> :-)
    >>>
    >>>
    >>But as another poster said the buttons could be remapped to
    >>initiate a graceful shutdown.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >3-finger salute is already a graceful shutdown ( init 6 )
    >
    >
    Mostly it's a reboot _iff_ you're not running X on the active console.

    >power and reset switches can only be connected or not
    > - hitting the reset can do nothing or will take the machine
    > into its reset code in the bios ...
    >
    >

    Correct.

    > - 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. 

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Cheers
John
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