Re: turning off computer

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

I Brake for Moths <rikki@zool46.bio.utk.edu> writes:

> Is there a way for a user without root priveleges to cleanly unmount the 
> root file system and shutdown the computer?
> 
> I've been running 'init 0' as root before turning off the box, but I 
> don't want to have to give out the root password to my family (it's bad 
> enough that I know it!) just so they can turn the thing off when I'm not 
> around.  We'd rather not leave it on when it is not in use.

I would suggest investigating sudo.  It's designed to allow you let
some other users run some commands as root.

-- 
Rob