Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:23:39 -0700 From: "wbs" <wbs@redrock.net> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>, "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: <008701bf94ec$8e414c60$0900fea9@lorins.ild.telecom.com>
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CTRL-ALT-DEL and then power off when it is in POST. Of couse having the wife who doesn't know computers recognize POST know when to shut it off would take a little training. -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net>; chris@cwaiken.com <chris@cwaiken.com>; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Help Needed >* 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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