In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mark Kalusha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I give my users or a group permision to
>shutdown and halt the machine?
>
>I have added /etc/shutdown.allow containing the users
>names, as per Running Linux 3rd Ed. page 77. (I
>seperated the names with newlines.)
That is not what /etc/shutdown.allow is for at all. You either
interpreted it wrong, or "Running Linux" is wrong.
>This did not work. I notice that the group and world
>permission bits for reading and executing shutdown are
>on but still no go. When I try to shutdown as a
>normal user is says I have to be root or superuser.
>
>Your help is appreciated.
Look into "sudo"
Also - CTRL-ALT-DEL will shutdown the machine cleanly.
Mike.
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"dselect has a user interface which scares small children"
-- Theodore Tso, on debian-devel
