From b37844d3d72af3afbcb801476cf07c085519f392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:24:05 +0100 Subject: systemctl: honour inhibitors when shutting down or entering sleep state --- man/systemctl.xml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) (limited to 'man/systemctl.xml') diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index f86952c683..2f33e0c9e2 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -190,6 +190,33 @@ applications. + + + + + When system shutdown + or a sleep state is requested, ignore + inhibitor locks. Applications can + establish inhibitor locks to avoid + that certain important operations + (such as CD burning or suchlike) are + interrupted by system shutdown or a + sleep state. Any user may take these + locks and privileged users may + override these locks. If any locks are + taken, shutdown and sleep state + requests will normally fail + (regardless if privileged or not) and + list of active locks is + printed. However if + + is specified the locks are ignored and + not printed, and the operation + attempted anyway, possibly requiring + additional + privileges. + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf