[Tutor] Complete Shutdown

Chris King g.nius.ck at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 23:00:17 CET 2010


  On 11/1/2010 5:20 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
>
> "Chris King" <g.nius.ck at gmail.com> wrote
>
>>     How do I completely shutdown a computer without administrative 
>> rights using a simple python script.
>
> If you have such a computer get rid of it, it fails the most basic test
> of a secure operating system. No program that runs upon it could
> ever be relied upon!
>
> The whole concept is evil.
>
> Administrator rights are required for good reason and are a protection
> against bad things happening to your data and programs. Work with
> it not against it and be grateful it's there.
>
>
I restarted the whole system with a script. Why couldn't I shut it down?


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