Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 19:33:47 -0800 From: Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net> To: Ned Harrison <nedsmailbox2@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very general shutdown question Message-ID: <4206E19B.6050503@taborandtashell.net> In-Reply-To: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net> References: <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net>
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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 As you have probably noticed, their are lots of ways to do this. IMHO the easiest would be a SUID root script. That is a script owned by root that has the SUID (set user id) bit set. It should have one line: 'halt' (or whatever 'shutdown -*' you want). -- Tabor Kelly tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net http://tabor.taborandtashell.net
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