Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:03:10 +0100 From: Steven <freebsd@gizm0.org> To: Ned Harrison <nedsmailbox2@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very general shutdown question Message-ID: <4206A22E.8080902@gizm0.org> In-Reply-To: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net> References: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net>
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Hello Ned, you can add the user to the operator group. it is possible to run shutdown then (but not halt etc). You could also create a shutdown user with a login shell pointing to a shutdown script. Kind regards Steven Ned Harrison wrote: >I run FreeBSD 5.3 on my home PC in a stand alone machine as a desktop. Is it >possible to set it up so an ordinary user can shut the system? I've created >a couple of accounts that are not in the wheel group so I can give friends >and house guests the chance to play on a non-Microsoft system. I don't want >to give them root access just to shut it down. > >None of the books which I have discuss using FreeBSD in this way. They are >mostly geared to setting up networks running it for businesses. Areas where >one may not want an ordinary user to be able to shutdown the machine. >However, I prefer having the machine off when I'm not on it. If it's not >possible that fine I can continue working around it like I do now. > >Thank you >Ned >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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