On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Tomasz Wêgrzanowski wrote: [ snip ]
: > >This group would be very useful for desktop machines for people who : > >set computer on (via switch), login as common user and do what they have to : > >and then stop the computer via command (`halt' or `shutdown -h now') : > >or via it's interface gshutdown. Now this problem is lacally solved inelegantly : > >by sudo or by special root account called ex: halt (shell=/sbin/halt) or : > >by even less secure methods because of lack of the standard. What's inelegant about sudo? Also, see the "ctrlaltdel" function of /etc/inittab. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
