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

[William Park]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:49:55PM -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, William Park wrote:
> > > Crypto authentication -- of both machines and users -- is definitely
> > > the way to go if you're going to allow direct root login, and there is
> > > much to be said for it in general.
> > 
> > This issue is my pet peeve... I do password access only...
> > Main reason is that computers get stolen.
>
> ...  Get key files off **BACKUP** tape or disk (fetch offsite
> backup if necessary) or from **BACKUP** server.  Back in business. 

Darn it, a correct answer.  I was all psyched up to rant about you
crypto peddlers.

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