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 11:47:59 +0800
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    Micha Feigin wrote:

    >The reset will force a reset, thats true (I am not sure it even goes
    >through the bios).
    >
    >
    >

    I seem to recall some BIOS-flashing program I ran recently claimed to be
    able to turn it off. However, I don't know any way in _linux_ to do
    that. Besides, most of my boxes don't have reset buttons.

    >> - hitting the power switch ... will power off the box immediately
    >> or delay 5 seconds before power off .. more bios code ..
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Thats mostly false for most machines (at least intels) still alive today
    >(probably at least somewhere around pentium III 450 and up). The power
    >button is usually soft off, where it sends a shutdown message to the
    >system (sometime needs the option set in the bios), and it sends an apm
    >or acpi message to the system.
    >
    >

    All the way back to my ancient Pentium II 233 and Asus P2L97-S
    motherboard, still in use. 

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Cheers
John
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