Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:52:24 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shutdown Message-ID: <19981111165224.A21706@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199811111513.KAA01529@laker.net> References: <199811111513.KAA01529@laker.net>
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Steve Friedrich wrote: > 2. Use chmod +x /sbin/shutdown to allow ordinary users execute > privilege. > > Solution 1 might allow users to Control-C their way to a root prompt. Maybe. > Solution 2 seems best to me. What, so anyone can type $ shutdown now and get a root prompt? That's easier than getting a root prompt by soln 1, surely? I'd just add users to the group /sbin/shutdown is owned by, and chmod 4550 it (owned by root). Or use sudo as someone else suggested. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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