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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Suspend/halt at KDE shutdown - should it be added?
From:       Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date:       2001-10-23 15:29:26
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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
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