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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Suspend/halt at KDE shutdown - should it be added?
From:       Bryce Nesbitt <bryce () obviously ! com>
Date:       2001-10-23 15:40:46
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Rob Kaper wrote:
> 
> 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.

1) How does Gnome, which offers this feature, handle this?
2) Lots of KDE installations are single user workstations.  This is a common
enough case to handle.

			-Bryce
 
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