Thanks for all the suggestions. I did finally set the halt and shutdown
commands to UID root, and that has solved my problems.
Darcy
Jay DeKing wrote:
> To allow users other than root to shut down the computer safely:
>
> 1. Start up the userconf utility (you will need the root password)
> 2. Select "user accounts"
> 3. Select the user to whom you wish to grant the ability to shut down.
> 4. Under the "Privileges" tab, activate the "Granted" button next to the "May
> shutdown" option.
> 5. Accept the changes and exit userconf.
>
> Jay
>
> On Monday 30 July 2001 h:44, Ric Tibbetts wrote:
> > You need to do a set UID to root, so that it will always run as root, no
> > matter who launches. Then control execute permission with the group as
> > you're trying to do.
> >
> > Ric
> >
> > Darcy Brodie wrote:
> > >Yes, I did ensure that I added the users to the shutdown group. Sill does
> > > not work
> > >
> > >Darcy
> > >
> > >Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > >>You did add your users to the group shutdown, right?
> > >>
> > >>--stephen
> > >>
> > >>On Saturday 02 June 2001 02:39 pm, Darcy Brodie wrote:
> > >>>Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > >>>>I find it goofy when changes in permissions take effect. You might have
> > >>>>to start a fresh konsole/xterm or logout before it works.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>On Saturday 02 June 2001 02:17 pm, Darcy Brodie wrote:
> > >>>>>Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > >>>>>>On Saturday 02 June 2001 01:24 pm, Darcy Brodie 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
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>Thank you
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>Darcy Brodie
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>You can make the shutdown command part of a group (say the shutdown
> > >>>>>>group).
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>You can make 'shutdown' be an alias for shutdown -h now or so if you
> > >>>>>>want.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>-- Stephen
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Thanks for the suggestion. I located both the shutdown and the halt
> > >>>>>commands in the /sbin directory, changed their groups to shutdown
> > >>>>>(after I created the group), and added the user to that group.
> > >>>>>However, when I attempt to run the shutdown command, I get an error
> > >>>>>saying
> > >>>>>shutdown: must be root
> > >>>>>So then I tried the halt. Again, I get the following error
> > >>>>>halt: must be superuser
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Both of these commands I have manually entered at the command line to
> > >>>>>ensure they were working before I attempted to create any aliases
> > >>>>>Here is the output from ls -l for both the shutdown and halt commands
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root shutdown 15452 Mar 8 02:37
> > >>>>>shutdown* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root shutdown 7848 Mar 8
> > >>>>>02:37 halt*
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Darcy
> > >>>
> > >>>That is understandable, I guess. However, since I made the changes, I
> > >>> have not only logged out, but also rebooted Linux completely. Still
> > >>> not working
> > >>>
> > >>>Darcy
>
> --
> I used to think I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted
> was a club sandwich.
