Hello Sven, On Wednesday, September 26, 2001 at 4:32:57 PM, you wrote (at least in part):
> Hello, ... > I want some logged in users to be able to shutdown the box, and the manpage of > shutdown suggest adding the user names to /etc/shutdown.allow and using the -a > option to shutdown. > But this does not work, i only get the : > shutdown: you must be root to do that! > message as response. > Is this supposed to work ? Am i missing something ? Did anyone manage to make > it work ? shutdown -a only checks if a user named in /etc/shutdown.allow _is logged in_ on a console. you nevertheless have to be root or have root-rights to execute shutdown. I good example for shutdown -a is /etc/inittab. the line with 'ctrlaltdel' can use this so a validated user has to be logged in on a tty to be able to reboot the machine via <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> my poor and quick testing showed me it could be possible to combine 'fakeroot' and 'shutdown'. Beside this I _know_ 'sudo' in combination with 'shutdown' does work. > As context, this is the first step in having gnome ask to logout or halt when > login out from the foot menu, which together with automatic login in gdm is a > very nice feature for a single user desktop system for newbies. I don't know if 'fakeroot' or 'sudo' even would help wiht this issue, as i don't know if 'gnome logged in' count's the same as 'tty logged in'. I do know 'ssh logged in' doesn't! As you want using automated login which opens _possible_ security holes (or toches security issues) I'd not use 'shutdown -a' for logout but only 'fakeroot/sudo shutdown' ... If I switch on the machine and am logged in, the check with '-a' if a valid /shutdown-allowed user is logged in is obsolete :-) -- Best regards Peter
