[Mageia-dev] Deprecating pm-utils

Wed Oct 17 19:41:24 CEST 2012

Op woensdag 17 oktober 2012 14:09:18 schreef Colin Guthrie:
+> '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
+
+it should actually just pop up a screen for the other sessions in which case 
+they can "ok" the suspend/reboot, and at the same time allow for root password 
+to force it...
+