On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 02:38:24PM +0530, harshavardhanreddy mandeepala wrote: > hi > I am using Linux fedora core 3. > I want to shutdown the system from .bash_profile file using > cd /sbin > ./shutdown -g o > but when I run the file otherthan a superuser it is giving error message as > " to run "shutdown" u must be a root" > but i want to execute shutdown command as a non root user (Ex: guest)
This type of stuff is ideally accomplished with sudo. sudo has a unique configuration syntax, but it is well worth learning how to use it. > Even i have used command for changing the ownership as > > chown "guest" /root -R Still it is giving error. Don't do this, ever. There is never, ever a good reason to change the ownership of /root. Besides it won't accomplish what you want because that is not how UNIX permissions work. You should look info on UNIX permissions. -jkl _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
