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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:19:31 +0200
Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es> wrote:

>  If I have logged in as root, <alt><ctrl><del> brings up the little
>  menu 
> allowing me to shutdown ok; halt in console freezes with icewm
> background, then <alt><ctrl><del> reboots.
>  If I have logged in as normal user, then su, shutdown just freezes
>  the 
> keyboard, everything else works and I can load apps from the menu or
> logout and start again with keyboard working; but su, halt does the
> same as halt by root above.
>  Reboot works ok in all situations.
>  I would like a normal user to be able to shut down using su and then
>  halt 
> or shutdown.
>  Is this possible?

Hi Andrew,

Try "shudown --now".  But I usually just use "reboot".

goodday
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sodjiin