Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron.

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From	Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
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Subject	Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron.
Date	Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:00:02 +0100
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	Hi.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 10:05:26AM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 09:32:49AM +0300, Reco wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:55:50PM -0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> > > 1. Why, when the script is run by the user cron job, the execution 
> > > requires authentication, while run from the same user terminal, it does 
> > > not.
> > 
> > What "systemctl poweroff" actually does [...]
> 
> Thanks for the gory details. You spoilt my breakfast ;-)

I really feel sorry for that.
But in this regard systemd is akin to many other things in life - it may
look pretty from the outside, but requires a strong stomach to peek
inside :)


> > It's a FreeDesktop standard, believe it or not.
> > A user should be allowed to reboot or poweroff the computer which they
> > have direct console access.
...
> Thanks (this time genuine thanks!) to people like you: you help
> me to stay informed without having all the pain myself :-)

You're welcome!

Reco

Thread

Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. "Juan R. de Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2020-11-24 00:00 +0100
  Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-24 07:40 +0100
    Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-11-24 10:10 +0100
      Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-24 12:00 +0100
        Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-11-24 13:10 +0100
          Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-11-24 13:20 +0100
          Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron. Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-24 15:00 +0100

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