> I have used this feature on a regular basis. Very useful when you want > to politely power off a system, but you don't have/don't want a login.
+1 especially when i am trying off and on to make my xorg.conf work in dual monitor setup for months, and it hangs. And pressing the power button for a second gracefully shuts down the machine. I know you can let the sshd run with root login and shut it down, but this is better.
