On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, David B Wilson wrote: > Is there a way to do a clean shutdown without becoming root? > (Preferably still restricting access to those who can push the power button.)
David, You can do a clean shutdown as a non-root user if you have planned for it as root. You can set Control-Alt-Del up to do a shutdown. My Debian system came up that way when I installed. I think they all do. However, my system at work has this in /etc/inittab: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -r now Some administrator here is paranoid. So look in /etc/inittab and if that line is commented, uncomment it, then you can have a reasonably safe shutdown as non-root. David ------------------------------------------------------------------- LINUX: the FREE 32 bit OS for [3456]86 PC's available NOW! David B Teague | Ask me how user interface copyrights & software [EMAIL PROTECTED] | patents make programing a dangerous business. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]