[Mageia-dev] Deprecating pm-utils

Wed Oct 17 15:09:18 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and David Walser at 17/10/12 14:02 did gyre and gimble:
+> Olav Vitters <olav at ...> writes:
+>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:10:35AM +0000, David Walser wrote:
+>>> So if you get rid of pm-utils, what's the new alternative to the pm-suspend
+>>> command if you want to suspend from the command line?
+>>
+>> No clue about pm-utils, but guess you're after:
+>> # systemctl suspend
+>>
+>> see systemctl --help for various alternatives
+> 
+> Thanks.  Can this command be run as a regular user?
+
+Depends on policy kit policy, but it should basically respect the same
+rules as other suspend operations triggered from GUIs.
+
+e.g. if the system is multi-seat and has other sessions active on other
+seats, then it will prompt you to enter the root password, but in a
+typical case where you are the only active, logged in user, then yes, it
+should work fine.
+
+Obviously the overall system policy here is more complex than what I've
+outlined above, but you get the picture.
+
+Col
+
+
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