Hi. On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 10:05:26AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 09:32:49AM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:55:50PM -0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > > > 1. Why, when the script is run by the user cron job, the execution > > > requires authentication, while run from the same user terminal, it does > > > not. > > > > What "systemctl poweroff" actually does [...] > > Thanks for the gory details. You spoilt my breakfast ;-)
I really feel sorry for that. But in this regard systemd is akin to many other things in life - it may look pretty from the outside, but requires a strong stomach to peek inside :) > > It's a FreeDesktop standard, believe it or not. > > A user should be allowed to reboot or poweroff the computer which they > > have direct console access. ... > Thanks (this time genuine thanks!) to people like you: you help > me to stay informed without having all the pain myself :-) You're welcome! Reco