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Re: Linux shutdown


From: richardw <richardw () area52 allserve net>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:10:48 -0500

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/

Or if you already have it...

man sudo

Pablo Gietz wrote:
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.

Thanks


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