[ ⏰ 26/06/2014 12:05 ] [ ✎ Svante Signell ] > On Thu, 2014-06-26 at 11:59 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> On 06/26/2014 11:34, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >>>> No, it didn't work. You had to be root for operations as simple as >>>> shutting down the computer. >>> >>> Only on Debian. OpenBSD and MirBSD have: >>> >>> -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 122716 Sep 10 2013 /sbin/shutdown* >>> >>> I never understood why Debian doesn't. >> >> Google says the operator group also has (read) access to raw disk devices. > > What about creating a unique group then, e.g. calling it it shutdown?
So that students can do eg ssh mybuddymachine /sbin/shutdown ? (and they need to be able to shutdown their own machine, power is not free). This is simply a long-standing bug in Linux that you got used to (or got used to its workarounds), but as a solution now exists, the status quo is threatened. Sincerely, -- Jean-Christophe Dubacq
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