[Bug 2017184] Re: Please change default HandlePowerKey value

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[Expired for systemd (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Please change default HandlePowerKey value

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  By default, /etc/systemd/logind.conf sets HandlePowerKey to poweroff.  This is a terrible default, because this poweroff action does not ask for any confirmation whatsoever, encouraging data loss.  The power key does get pressed inadvertently from time to time:
  - It's usually also the resume-from-suspend key, so if you thought you had suspended the computer but in fact it only locked after inactivity, you could press the power key to resume, only to find that you just nuked your session.
  - On many laptops, the power button is close to backspace.  A single slip of your pinky nukes your session.
  Each of these mishaps can result in loss of unsaved data, and/or data corruption if some background task is running that doesn't expect to get killed in the middle.  This is an especially terrible user experience for novices who have little prior exposure to system setting files, who will likely have a hard time fixing it.  This is not a sensible default.

  Please at least show confirmation for this poweroff action by default,
  or if that's difficult to do, make the default more benign, like
  ignore or lock.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: systemd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-40.41~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-40-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr 21 10:01:27 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-02 (77 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
  MachineType: Supermicro Super Server
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-40-generic root=UUID=7851a3b8-a4dc-460a-abb0-6f754ae2d343 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: systemd
  SystemdFailedUnits:
   Error: command ['systemctl', 'status', '--full', '●'] failed with exit code 4: Invalid unit name "●" escaped as "\xe2\x97\x8f" (maybe you should use systemd-escape?).
   Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service could not be found.
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2022
  dmi.bios.release: 5.15
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2.5
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.board.name: X11SRA
  dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro
  dmi.board.version: 1.02
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.chassis.type: 17
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Supermicro
  dmi.chassis.version: 0123456789
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2.5:bd01/27/2022:br5.15:svnSupermicro:pnSuperServer:pvr0123456789:rvnSupermicro:rnX11SRA:rvr1.02:cvnSupermicro:ct17:cvr0123456789:skuDefaultstring:
  dmi.product.family: Default string
  dmi.product.name: Super Server
  dmi.product.sku: Default string
  dmi.product.version: 0123456789
  dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro
  modified.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: 2023-04-21T09:55:04.295695

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