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Re: local user halt



Bruce Sass wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote:
is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary
users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the
shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote
method having this capability.

CTRL-ALT-DEL

see /etc/inittab


And if you have CTRL+ALT+DEL pointing to /bin/false like a sane sysadmin, using sudo is a good alternative ;)

Stephen Touset



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