> From: Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: LIH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIH] Re: poweroff/halt > Date: 26 Apr 2002 09:44:47 +0530 > > On 26 Apr 2002 at 0:20, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > > well, then how's a normal user supposed to shut an workstation down? > > Add him to /etc/shutdown.allow. man shutdown for more details. > > Ever sice I disovered it, I don't have to su for anything at home... > > Shridhar
nope. i prefer to disable /sbin/shutdown for all users other than root, because it allows non-privileged users to go into single-user mode when invoked with neither the "-h" or the "-r" flag. i don't know whether this is a bug or a 'feature' in /sbin/shutdown, but there it is. if i add normal users to /etc/shutdown.allow, i can't stop them from entering single-user. which is why i will let them use only /sbin/halt. - t. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
