Re: rebooting as user
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:46:58AM -0500, Mullins, Ron wrote:
> Now, before I start, I'm not a newbie. I've setup Debian many times, setup a
> masq'ed network, email/ftp/DNS servers, gateways and byways :). What I
> haven't seen yet is how to reboot in X as a user. I can from the terminal
> (using Ctrl-Alt-Del). This doesn't work in an xterm.
Wouldn't this be possible using sudo? I'd say this is exactly meant
to give specific users access to specific super user level commands.
Give your wife permission to "sudo halt" or "sudo reboot" and the only
thing she'll need to know is her own password.
Peter
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