On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:31:27PM +0100, Gilles wrote:
Hello
I'd like to make it easier for my dad to shutdown a server. Instead of
having him plug a keyboard, log on as root (with a complicated
password) and finally type shutdown -h now, is it possible to assign
this command to some
The only other thing being in group operator lets you run,
apart from what you've added into /etc/devfs.{conf,rules} is
/sbin/mksnap_ffs ..
In a default devfs config, it grants read permission to
the disk devices (presumably to enable running dump(8)).
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
The only other thing being in group operator lets you run,
apart from what you've added into /etc/devfs.{conf,rules} is
/sbin/mksnap_ffs ..
In a default devfs config, it grants read permission to
the disk devices (presumably to
On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Ian Smith wrote:
Doesn't sound too risky if Gilles trusts him enough to run shutdown
:)
For a desktop there's no logic in restricting the shutdown command to
only trusted users anyway. An untrusted user can't be prevented from
shutting down by pulling the plug,
Hello
I'd like to make it easier for my dad to shutdown a server. Instead of
having him plug a keyboard, log on as root (with a complicated
password) and finally type shutdown -h now, is it possible to assign
this command to some unused key like eg. Syst? Even better, send this
command only if
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:31:27 +0100, Gilles gilles.gana...@free.fr wrote:
Hello
I'd like to make it easier for my dad to shutdown a server. Instead of
having him plug a keyboard, log on as root (with a complicated
password) and finally type shutdown -h now, is it possible to assign
this
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:09:02 +0100, Polytropon free...@edvax.de
wrote:
I have a similar setting, but it requires X, WindowMaker and a
Sun Type 6 USB keyboard. :-)
Thanks for the input, but this server is text-only. I'll try to find
how FreeBSD is configured so that ALT-CTRL-DEL maps to reboot,
In the last episode (Dec 22), Gilles said:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:09:02 +0100, Polytropon free...@edvax.de
wrote:
I have a similar setting, but it requires X, WindowMaker and a
Sun Type 6 USB keyboard. :-)
Thanks for the input, but this server is text-only. I'll try to find
how FreeBSD is
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Gilles gilles.gana...@free.fr wrote:
Hello
I'd like to make it easier for my dad to shutdown a server. Instead of
having him plug a keyboard, log on as root (with a complicated
password) and finally type shutdown -h now, is it possible to assign
this command
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:53:39 +0100 Gilles gilles.gana...@free.fr wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:09:02 +0100, Polytropon free...@edvax.de
wrote:
I have a similar setting, but it requires X, WindowMaker and a
Sun Type 6 USB keyboard. :-)
:)
Thanks for the input, but this server is
Ian Smith writes:
Or let your dad login with his own account and password. Just
add him to the operator group so that he can run /sbin/shutdown.
If that's the only priveledged command he needs ... is there a
reason sudo isn't a better answer?
Robert Huff
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Robert Huff wrote:
Ian Smith writes:
Or let your dad login with his own account and password. Just
add him to the operator group so that he can run /sbin/shutdown.
If that's the only priveledged command he needs ... is there a
reason sudo isn't a
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