do an 'su -' which will make sure that you get root's full environment. Michael
-- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 08:19 PM 12/30/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Here is my tenet session going from Windows/me to Mandrake 8.1: > >''' >... >[roger@penguin roger]$ su >Password: >[root@penguin roger]# shutdown -h now > >Broadcast message from root (pts/0) Sun Dec 30 19:57:35 2001... > >The system is going down for system halt NOW !! >[root@penguin roger]# su roger >[roger@penguin roger]$ >... >''' > >I log on as myself (Linux doesn't allow me to log on directly as root), >do a su, then shutdown. The broadcast message appears, but I can >continue the using the session. I get the same results with the -hf >option. Last evening I tried for about 90 minutes before I finally >powered off the PC, so it had plenty of time to shutdown. > >I tried following some web-based advice to alter the /sbin/shutdown >privileges and ownership. As su, I think I did a > chmod 777 /sbin/shutdown > chown roger:roger /sbin/shutdown >but I get the same results. > >It is as if telnet users are somehow given a very low security level and >are not permitted to execute shutdown. > >Before I took off the monitor,mouse, and keyboard, I could start >vncserver and shut it down from another PC using the normal logout, then >select halt from the messagebox. But when I start vncserver from >telnet, I just get a logout confirmation box without the halt, reboot >options. I even tried starting vncserver as su, then tried to shutdown >-- same deal, the logout doesn't give me the halt or reboot options. > >I am obviously a newbie, is there some basic telnet authorization >procedure I missed? > >Roger > > > >Michael Viron wrote: > >>Did you type the command as root? If you aren't root, you can't shutdown >>the machine. I've had several times where I have issued the shutdown >>command via ssh as root, and had no problems (although it does >>occassionally take up to 5 minutes to fully shutdown). >> >>Michael >> >>-- >>Michael Viron >>Registered Linux User #81978 >>Senior Systems & Administration Consultant >>Web Spinners, University of West Florida >> >>At 04:27 PM 12/30/2001 -0700, you wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I am trying to make an old PC into a keyboardless, mouseless, >>>monitorless server. It boots and starts up OK and I can access it from >>>telnet and vnc, but it refuses to shutdown. >>> >>>If I do a shutdown -h now from telnet, it broadcasts a message but >>>doesn't shutdown. On vnc, the logoff button doesn't show a halt or >>>reboot option. >>> >>>What are my options? >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>Roger >>> >>> >>>_________________________________________________________ >>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >>> >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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