On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: > I've got a laptop with RedHat 6.2 on it that I added a user to, so my > brother could continue writing while he is visiting. However, this machine > does not allow anyone but root to shut down the machine (init 0). > > I don't have this problem on other machines, but I've been unable to find > details on allowing users to do this in the man entries on init, runlevel, > or anything else I could think of to search. > > Any help would be much appreciated.
Perhaps set the setuid bit for /sbin/shutdown or /sbin/halt? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
