[systemd-bugs] [Bug 70237] logind: Allow active session to hibernate while other sessions are active

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70237

--- Comment #6 from Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > We can't really allow that by default. It's not OK to interrupt somebody
> > else's work in the middle who's also active on the machine.
> > 
> > The hibernate-on-battery logic sounds like something that really should be
> > solved on the system level. Doing this policy in user programs is wrong, I
> > am pretty sure.
> 
> Yeah but the "evil" user can interrupt the work of the other users in that
> case by intentionally draining the battery. It takes a bit longer but has
> the same effect.

It's pretty hard to drain the battery on my desktop PC where power comes out of
the wall. On that system hibernation is available, and we hence cannot allow
them to hibernate the system at free will if somebody else is also logged in.

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