Re: turning off computer
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997,, Larry wrote:
Larry>
Larry> "BB" == Boris D Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il> writes:
Larry>
Larry> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, I wrote: I> Is there a way for
Larry> a user without root priveleges to cleanly I> unmount the
Larry> root file system and shutdown the computer? I> I> I've been
Larry> running 'init 0' as root before turning off the box, I> but
Larry> I don't want to have to give out the root password to my I>
Larry> family (it's bad enough that I know it!) just so they can
Larry> turn I> the thing off when I'm not around. We'd rather not
Larry> leave it on I> when it is not in use. I> I> Thanks, Rikki
Larry>
Larry> BB> Well, the easiest is to write a script and chmod 6755
Larry> it.
Larry>
Larry> Errmm... Unless something has changed very recently, linux
Larry> does not allow setuid shell scripts. Check out the other
Larry> replies, and use either the inittab or sudo solution.
Oh yeah, forgot! So not shell script anything else, a c program that
calls shutdown...
(btw, you can user super for that purpose)
borik
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