On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:32:25 -0400
Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:

> 150321 German wrote:
> > If I run poweroff from root, the system shuts down.
> > When I run poweroff from user -- command not found.
> > How to shut down the system from user ?
> 
> I'ld say "Don't" : it's contrary to the principles of Unix,
> which separate the roles of sysadmin (root) from those of ordinary users.
> 
> To shut down, I first exit Fluxbox via its menu,
> then 'su' + root password, then alias 'down' = 'shutdown -h now'.
> That observes the proper roles + ceremonies (smile).

Interesting. But as I said ealier, I can reboot the system when I am a user by 
Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The user can reboot the system, but can't shut down? Strange
> 
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