Re: reboot question
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On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Mark Bathie wrote:
> I am trying to set up my home system for friends to use, what is the best
> way to allow them access to some sort of reboot command ?
I would use the ctrl-alt-del key combination. The first thing to do is
edit /etc/shutdown.allow to include only those users who should be allowed
to shut the system down. Then, edit the line in /etc/inittab like this:
# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
The -a option tells it to allow only those users in /etc/shutdown.allow
The advantage of this over sudo is that they can only shut it down from
the console, no practical jokes shutting things off through telnet/ssh.
Note that even logging into X won't work, they have to login to a vt.
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