I installed CentOS 8 on a Dell server and it's been running fine as a
headless system, admin'd remotely by ssh. Now I'd like to allow someone to
shut it down at the console without logging in. Is there a way to do that?
Or do I need to get the GUI working?
I tried switching it into graphical m
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:23:04 -0800
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> Now I'd like to allow someone to
> shut it down at the console without logging in.
How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some computers
have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do a shutdo
Hello,
I had this problem on a Dell T7600 running CentOS 7.6 and 8.2.
The Dell does not have an embedded GPU so a PCIe one is used, typically
Nvidia.
The standard CentOS Nvidia driver does not work on a Dell T7***.
You need to apply the Nvidia driver from their web site.
Below are the detailed
Use iDRAC:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000179517/dell-poweredge-how-to-configure-the-idrac-system-management-options-on-servers
On 1/11/2021 12:32 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:23:04 -0800
Kenneth Porter wrote:
Now I'd like to allow someone to
shut it down at the co
On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some computers have a
"smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do a shutdown or a
reboot depending on how long you hold the button down. Otherwise you'll need at least a
keyb
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
> > How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some
> computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do
> a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you h
> I installed CentOS 8 on a Dell server and it's been running fine as a
> headless system, admin'd remotely by ssh. Now I'd like to allow someone to
> shut it down at the console without logging in. Is there a way to do that?
> Or do I need to get the GUI working?
>
> I tried switching it into grap
On 1/11/21 1:24 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter wrote:
On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some
computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do
a sh
On 1/11/2021 11:37 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
In old times I always was disabling CNTRL-ALT-DEL, and adding to level
"S" /usr/bin/login which effectively required password when one
reboots machine into single user mode. And boot from anything but
system drive was disabled in BIOS, and BIOS was p
> That makes perfect sense in a company data room. My situation is a
> roommate that wants to power if off to sleep and I've left for an
> emergency and didn't have time to power it down myself.
Usually pressing the power button should do the trick .
Best Regards,
Strahil Nikolov
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Hi,
CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS or something similar with a
five-year life cycle. After five years, users can opt for paid upgrades.
We can also work with System manufacturers to pre-install the free LTS on
their products, which will increase our user base.
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Lee,
Community User.
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:00:00PM +0530, Thomas Stephen Lee wrote:
>
> CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS or something similar with a
> five-year life cycle. After five years, users can opt for paid upgrades.
> We can also work with System manufacturers to pre-install the free LTS on
> their
On 1/11/2021 10:30 PM, Thomas Stephen Lee wrote:
Hi,
CentOS Linux can continue as Fedora LTS
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so far it appears going forward RHEL will be the only LTS.
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