On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, JF wrote:
> I've learned how to configure runlevel 5 however I'm wondering if it's safe
> to turn off the machine after logout to the gui login prompt.
>
No. You need to shut down cleanly so that all filesystems are unmounted.
> I need to set this up for a user who will not have root access. There would
> be times I would need her to turn off the machine. As far as I've gathered,
> only root can perform a complete shutdown. In runlevel 3 anyone (at least
> the way I'm configured) can shut down with ctrl+alt+del but I can't find a
> way to do this except as root in runlevel 5.
>
Anyone can shutdown in runlevel 5 - just switch out of X (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and
then ctrl+alt+del will work as in runlevel 3.
Y.
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