How do I gracefully exit/shutdown a "remote" machine?

[Henry Spencer]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Walter Dnes wrote:
> > session, and then "ssh root at p3box poweroff" ...
> 
>   Thanks.  Sounds like what I need.  I may make slight changes by
> creating a dedicated user for shutdown, authorised in /etc/sudoers.
> Or maybe even make the shutdown process their "user shell".  I don't
> currently have my machine publicly accessable.  But if I ever do, I
> don't want to have root be able to log in directly

Yes, direct root login can be very convenient for administering machines
on a seriously-private network, but it's definitely a double-edged sword
when they become more accessible. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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