Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 01:10:26PM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in

Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:29:34PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: And if you have CTRL+ALT+DEL pointing to /bin/false like a sane sysadmin, using sudo is a good alternative ;) Good point, because if you have the system request key turned on in your

Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 02:44:41PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: I was going to mention sudo, but don't know the answer to this... Can a ssh-ed in user do sudo shutdown...? Probably, but I think there's ways to restrict where the user may be logged in

local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread matt zagrabelny
hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. thanks, matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability.

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Stephen Touset
Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stephen Touset ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030728 12:29]: Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Stephen Touset wrote: Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:43, Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Tom Allison
matt zagrabelny wrote: hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. thanks, matt zagrabelny

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:29:34PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread hashi
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:32:52PM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:43, Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew McGuinness
matt zagrabelny wrote: hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. If you're running gdm, set