Re: shutdown user and accountability
Blake Barnett <blake.barnett@developonline.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 18:58, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> > Blake Barnett <blake.barnett@developonline.com> writes:
> >
> > > Can't you give a group sudo access? If so, just add everyone to a group
> > > and give that group sudo /sbin/halt or sudo /sbin/shutdown or both.
> >
> > That's exactly what my sudo setup does right now. The problem is that
> > apparently *everyone* needs to be able to shut down the machine (for
> > reasons that are beyond me). Added accounts on an as needed basis is
> > fine with me, but I don't fancy creating, oh, 250+ password protected
> > accounts just to meet policy.
>
> Ok, I guess I didn't understand that the accounts didn't already exist.
> Is this some sort of kiosk or something?
Nope, just a file/web server (but I'm thinking of adding a programming
environment (EEK!) for educational purposes) that is in a place that
does not allow physical access restrictions (beyond being able to
enter the company premises).
> If you can't wrap the stuff in a script --maybe it needs to be setuid?
> blech!--, and log it there, then I dunno what to tell ya.
Not much use ;-), but thanks anyway!
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