From kde-devel Tue Oct 23 15:29:26 2001 From: Rob Kaper Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:29:26 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Suspend/halt at KDE shutdown - should it be added? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=100385080901628 On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 11:23:24AM -0400, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > When I quit KDE, 99% of the time, it's because I also want to > suspend or shutdown the machine. Has the idea of adding these options > to the KDE logout been considered? Is there a reason not to? a) This requires super user (root) capabilities. (could be handled with kdesu) b) You'd shutdown the client machine, not the one locally where the X server is running. On a multi-user kdm remote login this might not be the desired effect. Should definitely not be on by default. Rob -- Rob Kaper | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little cap@capsi.com | temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." www.capsi.com | - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<