Re: poff script problem

[Andrew Cady <d@jerkface.net>]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:12:25AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> If a user account is added to the dip group that user on reboot
> can use pon dsl-provider.  That same user though cannot use poff
> dsl-provider, it has to be used by root.  I just found this out so
> those using roaring penguin with dsl connections may want to take
> notice.  Probably a good workaround for this would be to add the same
> user to /etc/shutdown.allow.

I don't understand the connection between poff and shutdown.allow, but I
don't know what poff is.  In any case, you have a script requiring root
permission, but you want a user to be able to run it; the "sudo" package
exists precisely for this purpose.