On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:27:32PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > Ian Smith wrote: > > Perhaps a silly question, but is it too late at this stage of the game > > to try logging S5 events to syslog before dying? I agree with Stephen, > > logging 'shutdown by powerbutton' surely beats what might otherwise > > resemble a spontaneous reboot? Or is something already logged here? > > I'm not resisting this, but I'm having trouble seeing the importance. > What happens differently than if someone hits CTRL-ALT-DEL on a virtual > console?
Actually, this is quite reasonable feature. Quite often, machines do not have physical consoles, or C-A-D is disabled. On the other hand, power button is quite easy to be pressed by mistake by passing staff.
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