--- David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can I let a normal user use the "halt" or "shutdown" command? > > All the responses to this query have been ugly hacks. The right way > to do > this this (put on flame-retardant suit here) is the way RedHat does: > make > the halt binary call up pam for authenticaton and authorization and > allow > the sysadmin to configure access in /etc/pam.d/halt. RedHat's code is > GPL > -- why don't we just steal it?
I came late in this thread, but did anyone suggest sudo? ===== Shawn Lamson Debian/GNU Linux Woody Kernel 2.2.19pre17 XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System Jesus Loves You! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
