On 2019-06-19 15:10, Jack wrote: > Won't "sudo halt" work? I frequently do "sudo reboor" or just > "reboot" from a root shell. (I am also systemd free.)
I would prefer to avoid sudo for security reasons (to get root I normally login on an otherwise unused virtual console). But yes, I'm pretty sure that would work. I'm also just curious what the intended prupose of the "halt" user is. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.

