Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:33:15 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net>, chris@cwaiken.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Help Needed Message-ID: <20000322163315.F21029@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000322235419.H248@parish>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:54:20PM %2B0000 References: <20000322194408.26581.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net> <200003222131.NAA00907@arthlink.net> <20000322235419.H248@parish>
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* Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> [000322 16:30] wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:31:48PM -0800, Derrick Baumer wrote: > > > > > Sorry to bother you. As a new FreeBSD user I posted > > > several questions on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc that > > > have gone unanswered, so I thought I would give you a > > > try. > > > > > > 1) My FreeBSD box is up and running 24/7. My wife > > > knows absolutely nothing about computers. I would like > > > to set the F12 or Ctrl-Alt-Del key up to do a system > > > "halt" so that when I'm at the office and we have a > > > storm in our area, my wife could just press F12 or > > > Crtl-Alt-Del and safely "halt" my system w/o file > > > system damage. Can this be easily done? I tried editing > > > the keyboard file w/o any luck. > > > > Any chance of just giving her the root password and telling her to > > log in and type "shutdown -h now" when there's a problem? > > ``shutdown -r now'' works for ordinary users as well, as long as they > are members of the wheel group. it's 'operator' not 'wheel'. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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