On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Rishi L Khan wrote:
> How about Cntrl-Alt-Del? That shuts down a debian box without even logging > in. As far as accountablity ... you could do it the old fashioned way and > have a sign in sheet ... one stupid policy deserves another. > > -rishi It _can_ shut down a computer. You can change the behaviour by editing /etc/inittab. E.G. my box hust prints "bla" by setting : ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo bla ps. sorry when this mail comes two or threefold, but somehow, I haven't seen it in the list yet, All the best > > On 28 Nov 2001, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > Blake Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 18:58, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > Blake Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > Can't you give a group sudo access? If so, just add everyone to a > > > > > group > > > > > and give that group sudo /sbin/halt or sudo /sbin/shutdown or both. > > > > > > > > That's exactly what my sudo setup does right now. The problem is that > > > > apparently *everyone* needs to be able to shut down the machine (for > > > > reasons that are beyond me). Added accounts on an as needed basis is > > > > fine with me, but I don't fancy creating, oh, 250+ password protected > > > > accounts just to meet policy. > > > > > > Ok, I guess I didn't understand that the accounts didn't already exist. > > > Is this some sort of kiosk or something? > > > > Nope, just a file/web server (but I'm thinking of adding a programming > > environment (EEK!) for educational purposes) that is in a place that > > does not allow physical access restrictions (beyond being able to > > enter the company premises). > > > > > If you can't wrap the stuff in a script --maybe it needs to be setuid? > > > blech!--, and log it there, then I dunno what to tell ya. > > > > Not much use ;-), but thanks anyway! > > -- > > Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development > > GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
