Dan--
> So the question here: what would be the best way, keeping security in
> mind, to allow users other than myself the privaledge of "shutdown -r now"?
One Dan to another...
On my home machine (which for the time being is running Caldera eDesktop
2.4--but which will be Mandrake 8.0 before long), I set up sudo access to the
shutdown command forall (well, both) real users: both me and my wife.
That works, but I'm not certain the security implications. If a remote
cracker has accessed either of our accounts, they'll have the password to use
in making the sudo command and so could shutdown or reboot the machine
remotely. If it was a production server I don't think I'd be real happy about
that...
sudo is sort of tricky to set up, but I found that if I take my time with the
docs, it all came clear.
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Dan Ray
Director Custom Applications
Triangle Research, Inc.
http://www.triangleresearch.com
