Re: Allowing users to shutdown
On 01/24/00, Joseph A. Martin addressed "Allowing users to shutdown":
> I have set up a Linux workstation for my family's use. They
> only need to keep the system on for short periods. (For various
> reasons I don't want to leave it on full time.) They are using the
> icewm window manager, which, when they hit ctrl-alt-del, gives them
> the option of shutting down or rebooting the system. /sbin/shutdown
> has permissions that do not allow them to use the shutdown command,
> unfortunately. What permissions must I set to allow anyone on that
> system to shut it down?
If you run Gnome on a home workstation you could customize it like
I did for a friend who is a just learning Linux. Gnome has hardwired
code that needs /usr/bin/shutdown and looks for a /var/lock/console/$USER
before adding reboot and halt options to the "Log out" popup from the
gnome menu. So I did this:
ln -s /sbin/shutdown /usr/bin/shutdown
chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown
mkdir /var/lock/console
touch /var/lock/console/betty
chattr +i /var/lock/console/betty #Could be in a startup script for the unlazy
Now she happily shuts down with four clicks. I haven't followed this whole
thread, so sorry if I'm repeating anything - also, is there a preferred
Debian way to set up the console lock and shutdown link so gnome will show
the reboot and halt options? This has to have come up before...
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Bill Wilson <bill@gkrellm.net>
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