* Stephen Touset (stephen@touset.dyndns.org) [030728 12:29]: > 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 ;) If you want your users to be able to shut down the machine, it's plenty sane to use ctrl+alt+del to do it, IMO. For example, on my laptop I use ctrl+alt+del to shutdown. It's _way_ quicker than using sudo and then giving my password. As for accidentally shutting down, or having a malicious user shut me down ... it's never happened. Even if it did once, it's not exactly a five-nines machine anyway. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- --Nick Moffitt A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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