I propose we call a shell script of our own that we keep
in /usr/share/ldm so admins can modify it easily as needed and it can be
a script that is extensible (perhaps to do something more than just
shutdown).

-Gadi

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 14:18 -0500, Scott Balneaves wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:25:49AM -0700, syn wrote:
> > "poweroff -f" forces halt to run, which isn't the cleanest way to shut
> > things down. "-f" might be related to an issue lns noticed with thin
> > clients not being able to power back up after shutdown (that has yet
> > to be completely verified). "poweroff -p" should be no different than
> > "poweroff" because poweroff is "halt -p".
> > 
> > I'd argue that "poweroff -p" should be changed to "shutdown -h now" as
> > to allow the shutdown to take care of everything smoothly. Is there a
> > reason *not* to just use the standard and recommended method of
> > "shutdown"?
> 
> Typically, with a thin client, once you've logged out, hitting the power 
> button
> should just "turn it off" immediately, as there's nothing running in the
> background such as a database, or a web server, etc.  Running a full shutdown
> will actually take a few seconds, and some users may find that disconcerting,
> especially if they're used to hitting the power button and it immediately
> powers off.
> 
> We have about 7.735026654556x10^6452 variables now in lts.conf, one supposes 
> an
> "LDM_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND" or the like with a default to "poweroff -fp" would be
> the way to go, and people with buggy acpi bioses can then sub in shutdown -h
> now or whatever they prefer.
> 
> Scott
> 
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