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Date:      Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:49:22 +0000
From:      Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Very general shutdown question
Message-ID:  <20050207114922.GJ473@eris.tenfour>
In-Reply-To: <4206A22E.8080902@gizm0.org>
References:  <200502061646.27199.nedsmailbox2@cox.net> <4206A22E.8080902@gizm0.org>

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* Steven <freebsd@gizm0.org> [0203 23:03]:
> Hello Ned,
> 
> you can add the user to the operator group. it is possible to run 
> shutdown then (but not halt etc).

Be caneful of that, I think operator  has other privileges too
(can read from any disk for starters).

 
> You could also create a shutdown user with a login shell pointing to a 
> shutdown script.

But that won't work if they still don't have permission to run it...

-- 
'...and then we wrote scripts to write the configs for us, and using
these scripts, we made mistakes in a faster, more automated manner.'
		-- A Gentle Introduction to Cricket, on MRTG configuration
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns



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