Re: Linux shutdown

[Marco Bellini <seathrun () tiscali it>]

You should have a look at SUDO... you can configure it to allow a user
(or a subset of all users) to execute a command or a subset of command.
Henc,e you can allow user XYZ to execute shutdown: he will be prompted
for HIS password and not root's password. It's highly configurable,
IMHO...

bye

marco


On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 00:33, Alvin Oga wrote:
> hi ya
>
> > Hi peolple
> > Do you know how to do a Linux (clear) shutdown without root privileges 
> > from login screen?
> > I want to give a user the privilege of shutdown the server without being 
> > root.  I have heared about umount problems of the file system.
>
> if they are in kde/gnom ... and you didnt change anything, they can
> shutdown like they would a windoze box kde(start)->logout->shutdown
>
> if they like console .... ctl-alt-F1  than ctl-alt-del
>
> if you like to work harder .. setup up with sudo for running either
>       halt, shutdown or reboot or init 6 or gazillion other possibilities
>
> c ya
> alvin
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