Re: Shutdown for dumb users

[Sebastian Stark <seb@todesplanet.de>]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:04:27PM +0000, Allan Lloyds wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 07:33:32PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> > The first Linux box I set up (MkLinux on a PowerMac 7100 or something
> > like that) had an option buried in it somewhere (keycaps?) to tie the
> > three-fingered-salute to the shutdown function. I think the console did
> > have to be logged in as a member of a group with shutdown privileges or
> > something like that.
> > 
> > If I could remember the details, I could come up with a clue about where
> > to check in openBSD.
> 
> Uncomment the following line in /etc/sysctl.conf
> 
> machdep.kbdreset=1              # permit console CTRL-ALT-DEL to do a nice halt

and probably set powerdown=YES in /etc/rc.shutdown

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