Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs

From	"Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs
Date	2016-03-17 16:55 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:50:12 +0000, William Unruh wrote:

>> But it's all still X, thank goodness.
> 
> But linux, or unix is not X. X is a layer way above the operating
> system. There are lots of programs running that are not part of an X
> "session". And there are lots of ways of running programs (including
> everything you run when you remotely log in via ssh) which are not parts
> of an X "session".
> 
> The question the OP seems to have wanted an answer to was: Given a
> remote machine which I log into with ssh, how do I shut it down without
> sitting in front of it in an X "session". The answer is 
> systemctl poweroff
> or on some systems, just 
> poweroff
> It may be, depending on permissions, that you need to be root to do
> that, so
> su
> <root password>
> systemctl poweroff
> should do it.


You have just gotten to the essence of the point.  The question that the
OP had (me) was how can I turn off my computer by pushing the power
button on the front, and the point is, ever since Poettering got his
hands on Unix, you cannot do that without a session.

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power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 20:16 +0000
  Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-17 11:41 +0000
    Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 14:56 +0000
      Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-17 15:43 +0000
        UNIX sessions (was: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs) Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2016-03-18 13:34 +0000
          Re: UNIX sessions The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 13:51 +0000
  Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-03-17 14:11 +0000
    Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 14:55 +0000
  Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-17 08:19 -0700
    Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 15:51 +0000
      Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-17 16:02 +0000
        Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 16:30 +0000
          Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 16:50 +0000
            Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 16:55 +0000
              Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-17 10:09 -0700
                Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 19:20 +0000
              Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 12:24 +0000
                Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 12:58 +0000
                Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 13:34 +0000
      Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 16:02 +0000
        Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-03-17 16:47 +0000
          Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 19:15 +0000
            Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 12:28 +0000
        Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 12:21 +0000
    Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 15:58 +0000
      Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-17 10:17 -0700
        Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 17:30 +0000
          Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2016-03-17 19:14 +0100
          Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-17 19:22 +0000
  Re: power button shutdown from welcome screen w/o dialogs Mark <mcm@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2016-03-17 19:01 +0000

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