From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 03:24:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF3716A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:24:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from crumpet.united-ware.com (ddsl-66-42-172-210.fuse.net [66.42.172.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B331F43D1D for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:24:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-68-77-186-245.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [68.77.186.245]) (authenticated bits=0)j172w9mQ056925 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:58:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:28:09 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1369244.IWvCuqFg4s"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502062228.25075.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on crumpet.united-ware.com cc: Ned Harrison Subject: Re: Very general shutdown question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:24:28 -0000 --nextPart1369244.IWvCuqFg4s Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 06 February 2005 11:46 am, 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 a= re > 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 machin= e. > 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. > The easiest way I've found to do this is assuming you have X installed and = are=20 using a login manager ie. KDM/GDM/Login.app just use the shutdown=20 functionality of the login manager to shutdown the system. The most fool=20 proof way if you've got ACPI on this system it to just tap the power button= =20 and it'll shutdown. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart1369244.IWvCuqFg4s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCBuBZxqA5ziudZT0RAtIFAKCB7t04uLyD/gC+IwtAh+/QGKVQjQCggNKh +YHarakU3sfs0DNwDV0eVck= =ynE/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1369244.IWvCuqFg4s--