Hello,

Is it really impossible for a non root user to run shutdown or init ? Moreover,
just by simply adding the file shutdown.allow to /etc results in anyone being
able to <CTRL><Alt><Del>, it doesn't seem to matter what's in it ! This is a
dead give away that I do most of my work as root :-o   But, then I guess
everyone else must be, or else they have the patience to dig up a terminal
window and su every time they want to log out !!! Great, I'll just give out the
root password to all and sundry ;-)  :-)  I did read in some man page or other
about 'authorised users'. If this is what I need to do I haven't found the man
page that details how to do it. Would some nice person tell me what's what when
it comes to using shutdown ?

Thanks,
Owen

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