Re: [CentOS] LTS

2021-01-11 Thread edward via CentOS
On 1/11/2021 10:30 PM, Thomas Stephen Lee wrote: Hi, CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS ---   so far it appears going forward RHEL will be the only LTS. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] LTS

2021-01-11 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:00:00PM +0530, Thomas Stephen Lee wrote: > > CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS or something similar with a > five-year life cycle. After five years, users can opt for paid upgrades. > We can also work with System manufacturers to pre-install the free LTS on >

[CentOS] LTS

2021-01-11 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
Hi, CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS or something similar with a five-year life cycle. After five years, users can opt for paid upgrades. We can also work with System manufacturers to pre-install the free LTS on their products, which will increase our user base. --- Lee, Community User.

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Strahil Nikolov via CentOS
> That makes perfect sense in a company data room. My situation is a > roommate that wants to power if off to sleep and I've left for an > emergency and didn't have time to power it down myself. Usually pressing the power button should do the trick . Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/11/2021 11:37 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: In old times I always was disabling CNTRL-ALT-DEL, and adding to level "S" /usr/bin/login which effectively required password when one reboots machine into single user mode. And boot from anything but system drive was disabled in BIOS, and BIOS was

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On 1/11/21 1:24 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter wrote: On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote: How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do a

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Simon Matter
> I installed CentOS 8 on a Dell server and it's been running fine as a > headless system, admin'd remotely by ssh. Now I'd like to allow someone to > shut it down at the console without logging in. Is there a way to do that? > Or do I need to get the GUI working? > > I tried switching it into

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter wrote: > On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > > How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some > computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do > a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote: How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you hold the button down. Otherwise you'll need at least a

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Christopher Wensink
Use iDRAC: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000179517/dell-poweredge-how-to-configure-the-idrac-system-management-options-on-servers On 1/11/2021 12:32 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:23:04 -0800 Kenneth Porter wrote: Now I'd like to allow someone to shut it down at the

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Mark Woolfson
Hello, I had this problem on a Dell T7600 running CentOS 7.6 and 8.2. The Dell does not have an embedded GPU so a PCIe one is used, typically Nvidia. The standard CentOS Nvidia driver does not work on a Dell T7***. You need to apply the Nvidia driver from their web site. Below are the

Re: [CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:23:04 -0800 Kenneth Porter wrote: > Now I'd like to allow someone to > shut it down at the console without logging in. How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do a

[CentOS] Reboot/shutdown without login

2021-01-11 Thread Kenneth Porter
I installed CentOS 8 on a Dell server and it's been running fine as a headless system, admin'd remotely by ssh. Now I'd like to allow someone to shut it down at the console without logging in. Is there a way to do that? Or do I need to get the GUI working? I tried switching it into graphical