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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