On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:34 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 12/09/2013 03:30 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:48 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > >> If you want it shut down regardless of the outcome of apt, then this > >> should do it: > >> > >> sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo shutdown -h now > > > > Wrong, if the upgrade should take to long, then you need to type the > > password after the upgrade. Better run > > > > $ sudo -i > > # apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; shutdown -h now > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > It depends on how you have sudoers configured. On some systems certain > combinations of programs+options need no password. It's up to the > sysadmin and the users.
That's correct, but the default for most distros usually is to have a timeout for sudo command , but not for sudo -i . As already pointed out, you also can give su a timeout, IIRC it's possible to have a timeout only if the computer is idle, as long as something happens the timeout won't start. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1386596325.14806.112.camel@archlinux
