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On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:15:13 +0100, Jarry wrote: |
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> how can I allow other (not-root) users to shut down system? |
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> I tried to add them to /etc/shutdown.allow but it works only |
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> for "Ctrl-Alt-Del". When they try shutdown per command line |
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> (/sbin/shutdown -a -h now) they still get: |
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> shutdown: you must be root to do that! |
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> Usage: ... |
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> Is there any way to achieve this without installing sudo? |
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Yes, but why do things the hard way when this is exactly the type of |
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situation tat sudo is designed to handle. Allow selected, or all, users |
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to run sudo shutdown without a password and set up an alias from shutdown |
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to sudo /sbin/shutdown. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A real programmer never documents his code. |
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It was hard to make, it should be hard to read |
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