>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997,, Larry wrote: Larry> Larry> "BB" == Boris D Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Larry> Larry> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, I wrote: I> Is there a way for Larry> a user without root priveleges to cleanly I> unmount the Larry> root file system and shutdown the computer? I> I> I've been Larry> running 'init 0' as root before turning off the box, I> but Larry> I don't want to have to give out the root password to my I> Larry> family (it's bad enough that I know it!) just so they can Larry> turn I> the thing off when I'm not around. We'd rather not Larry> leave it on I> when it is not in use. I> I> Thanks, Rikki Larry> Larry> BB> Well, the easiest is to write a script and chmod 6755 Larry> it. Larry> Larry> Errmm... Unless something has changed very recently, linux Larry> does not allow setuid shell scripts. Check out the other Larry> replies, and use either the inittab or sudo solution.
Oh yeah, forgot! So not shell script anything else, a c program that calls shutdown... (btw, you can user super for that purpose) borik ----------------------------------------------------------- Boris D. Beletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Institute of Computer Science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hebrew University Jerusalem home: +972 2 6411880
