Re: [CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-19 Thread Philip Gwyn
On 17-Oct-2009 Robert wrote: Buz Davis wrote: I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the

Re: [CentOS] [CENTOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-19 Thread Buz Davis
Thanks to all who answered. Poweroff is exactly what I needed. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-17 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Buz Davis wrote: I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the error message only root can do this

[CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-16 Thread Buz Davis
I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the error message only root can do this (or something similar)

Re: [CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-16 Thread Alan Sparks
Buz Davis wrote: I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the error message only root can do this

Re: [CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-16 Thread Robert
Buz Davis wrote: I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the error message only root can do

Re: [CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-16 Thread Jeff
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Buz Davis buzda...@earthlink.net wrote: I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz.  I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry  buz (without any quotes).