[ale] prevent shutdown when users logged in via ssh/nx?

[Jim Kinney]

When you log in for admin work, replace the shutdown command with an
xpopup command that informs the user that updates are currently in
progress and the system will shutdown when they are done.

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:04 PM,  <rs at ale.spam.futz.org> wrote:
> I'm the remote admin for my mother-in-law's computer, which is running ubuntu.
> She uses it infrequently, so I have scripts to IM me when she boots it up, so
> I can do updates and such.
>
> The problem is that often she'll shutdown before I'm finished, and I get
> booted off.
>
> If I leave a console login active and try and shut-down via the gnome gui, I
> get a dialog about other users being logged in. However, this doesn't appear
> to happen if I'm logged in via ssh, or even if I've got an gnome session via
> nxclient.
>
> I'm looking for a way to be able to prevent a shutdown while I'm logged in. I
> suppose I could write a script to replace the shutdown command, and check for
> other sessions before actually shutting down.  Anyone got any other ideas?
>
>
> Robert
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