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[mah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark A. Hershberger)]

> If not, I was wondering does anyone know of any little programs for
> Linux that are out there which would suit this purpose. Or even
> better, someone who would be able to write a small program for us!

Check the acpi-support package.  This would be the best place to start
looking for how to control idle poweroffs before the user logs in.

gnome-power-manager is only going to control it after the login, so is
of no help there.

Alternatively, if you know that, say, a lab closes at a certain time,
you could write a short script to check if someone is logged in and, if
no one is, power off the computer after closing time.

Mark.



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