On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 00:47, Matt Neimeyer wrote:
> Could anyone shed some light on why my non-root users can't use the
> Shutdown option in the Log Out item in the Actions menu? All it does it
> log them out. If the root user does it then it actually shuts down the
> machine.

The only way that I have found to make this work is to chmod +s
/sbin/shutdown.  I know that this isn't very secure and if there is a
better way, please correct me.


Jon


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