Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:15:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Nils Holland <nils@nightcastleproductions.org> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Letting normal users halt the system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005302112500.262-100000@tempest.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <3933F56E.82B51937@wmptl.com>
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Nathan Vidican wrote: > Alternately then, you could create a new group, (eg shutusers), and > re-chown /sbin/shutdown to root:shutusers, then chmod 750. Note that > while placing them in the operator group allows them to run the > shutdown, it does not allow them to explicitly use 'reboot' or 'halt', > but rather 'shutdown -h now' and 'shutdown -r now'. > I am assuming that these are workstation machines you want the users to > be able to shutdown/reboot no? Why not try using some utility like kdm, > (KDE's X-Windows login app), as a replacement for Login: ? I think, from the other information I've received, sudo is the better solution. I will get it and set it up right away. I'm not using kdm (or something) because I like the normel text console more. Although users could access the console using xterm under X11, I still like the sudo-suggestion more. Thanks for all the help, Nils To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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