Hi ! On 09 Apr 2002 15:23:34 +0100 Patrick Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I want my son to be able to shutdown the computer but don't want him > being able to access my files. > > How do I give him these privileges? I use the sudo approach and am quite lucky with it. Therefore i have these lines in /etc/sudoers: User_Alias SHUTDOWNERS=markus # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown -[hkr] now # User privilege specification SHUTDOWNERS ALL=SHUTDOWN,NOPASSWD: ALL You do this with visudo as root. Read the man page for sudo ! After you have done this, you can call shutdown like this sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now or make an alias alias shutdown=sudo /sbin/shutdown sudo Generally, sudo is preferrable for all things like that. You have great controll and great possibilities. -- Markus Grunwald Registered Linux User Nr 101577 http://counter.li.org http://www.grunwald.2xs.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
