On 12/27/2011 10:40 PM, Gabriel Gunderson wrote: >> anyone can give sample on creating a linux account for the purpose of >> > shutdown and restart only. Thanks > > Create a user and give them access to the poweroff and reboot commands (but > no others) via sudo. > > man visudo
Also, if you want to restrict the user to JUST those specific commands, I'd look into a limited shell, like lshell (http://lshell.ghantoos.org/). It takes a little trial and error to get the config right, but it works pretty well. Lloyd /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
