Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:29:39 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [6.3] Assigning "shutdown" to eg. Syst? Message-ID: <20081223082939.GA24805@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <du8vk4h09llfrhovtps9rifdngm12bs9gj@4ax.com> References: <du8vk4h09llfrhovtps9rifdngm12bs9gj@4ax.com>
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:31:27PM +0100, Gilles wrote: > > Hello > > I'd like to make it easier for my dad to shutdown a server. Instead of > having him plug a keyboard, log on as root (with a complicated > password) and finally type "shutdown -h now", is it possible to assign > this command to some unused key like eg. Syst? Even better, send this > command only if the key is hit eg. three times within 2 seconds? > > Thank you. > What I'd do is use sudo to enable him to shutdown. Then I'd add this to /etc/rc.local: kbdcontrol -f 10 "sudo shutdown -h now" So, pressing F10 & hitting return will shut the machine down. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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