Svante Signell wrote: >On Thu, 2014-06-26 at 11:59 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> On 06/26/2014 11:34, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >> >> No, it didn't work. You had to be root for operations as simple as >> >> shutting down the computer. >> > >> > Only on Debian. OpenBSD and MirBSD have: >> > >> > -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 122716 Sep 10 2013 /sbin/shutdown* >> > >> > I never understood why Debian doesn't. >> >> Google says the operator group also has (read) access to raw disk devices.
Yes well, this is a Unix thing. The operator is the person operating the physical disc. >What about creating a unique group then, e.g. calling it it shutdown? That, and/or creating a user account called shutdown, which would also remove the objection against the suid bit, which I find a bit irritating because the objection is done absolutely blindly (this is not a _security_ feature but a _workability_ feature). Or it could be a sudoers entry. The possibilities are a lot. bye, //mirabilos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/loh71t$ede$2...@ger.gmane.org