190619 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I'd like to have a quick way to halt my system from the keyboard, > without relying on obscure key combinations such as Alt-Up. > Logging in as a special user (with a special password) would be ideal.
Why don't you simply goto another raw terminal via Ctl-Alt-F2 (F3 etc), login as 'root' & issue 'shutdown -h now' ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
