Thank you for all your assistance. It is greatly appreciated
Darcy
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> there's lots of good info google found:
>
> A couple walk-through articles -
>
> http://www.linux.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=11&aid=9814
> http://freeos.com/articles/3799/
> http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features192.html
>
> The official site (as found on http://freshmeat.net/ )-
>
> http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
>
> Make sure you're not running a vulnerable version, though:
> http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=2266
>
> -pete
>
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Darcy Brodie wrote:
>
> > Rusty Carruth wrote:
> >
> > > Darcy Brodie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hello
> > > > I know that it isn't a good idea to give normal users root access,
> > > > but I need to set up a couple of Mandrake boxes (they will only be in
> > > > text mode, as these will be remote terminals to a Unix network) so that
> > > > a normal user can shut down without having to login as root. The
> > > > process needs to be as simple as possible, to prevent the user from
> > > > messing it up
> > >
> > > My favorite trick for that is to make a user 'shutdown' (or something
> > > else, if you want it to be a little harder for non-permitted folks to
> > > guess it ;-) (cute - spell it backwards: nwodtuhs - oh, never mind ;-)
> > >
> > > Anyway - give it some password so only those who are supposed to do shutdowns
> > > can get to it, and make its shell be /etc/halt or some such.
> > >
> > > Or - use sudo. That's possibly the best of all possible answers...
> > > (never used it myself though, I've always just had anyone who
> > > needed to reboot (very small number of folks!) do control/alt/del ;-)
> > >
> > > rc
> > >
> > > Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE
> > > FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116
> > > Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825
> > > ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W
> >
> > Sorry, I am not familiar with "sudo". what is it, or where can I find out more
> > about it,
> >
> > Darcy
> >
