Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:37:51 +0100 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: temporary su login Message-ID: <46DF058F.9010606@jessikat.plus.net> In-Reply-To: <69951ED3-5B8F-4D00-8920-BFF278C68DE6@gmail.com> References: <46DECD4F.3050408@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <69951ED3-5B8F-4D00-8920-BFF278C68DE6@gmail.com>
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Eric Crist wrote: ........ > I'm sure nobody will mention this, so I will. On most systems with > support ACPI, your colo provider can simply press the power button on > the front of your server. FreeBSD's kernel will pick up the signal and > shut down cleanly. > > Once you're moved, they can press the same button to power the system > on. There is *NO* need to give them login access to the box. Also, > they could simply call you to have you shut it down. ...... many good ideas; thanks. I guess since they ask for an ip based mechanism that I'll create a special user in the operator group and do the chmod trick on shutdown. -- Robin Becker
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