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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
Date: 17 Apr 2025 11:10:13 GMT
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:14:15 +0000, Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux>
wrote in <18371387ebe5cfe3$41335$15763$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:23:27 +0000, vallor wrote:
> 
> 
>> I usually use the -f flag with -r or -h:
>> 
>> # shutdown -hf now now now
>> 
>> Which produced the following on logged-in terminals:
>> 
>> 
> You actually have other people logged in to your personal machine???

No.

But we used to run a shell server for customers -- from 1994 until June
of last year.

> You probably also don't run as root on your own personal machine.

Only weirdos use the root login for user operations.

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