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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
