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Re: Allowing users to shutdown



On 25/1/2000 Bill Wilson wrote:

ln -s /sbin/shutdown /usr/bin/shutdown
chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown
^^^^^^^^^^^^

this will allow ANYONE on your system to shutdown or reboot your system, whether they are logged into gnome or logged in via ssh from anywhere..

if security is not a big deal for you then this may be fine. but if you are concerned for security that is a very bad idea..


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Ethan Benson
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