I Brake for Moths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way for a user without root priveleges to cleanly unmount the > root file system and shutdown the computer? > > I've been running 'init 0' as root before turning off the box, but I > don't want to have to give out the root password to my family (it's bad > enough that I know it!) just so they can turn the thing off when I'm not > around. We'd rather not leave it on when it is not in use.
I would suggest investigating sudo. It's designed to allow you let some other users run some commands as root. -- Rob
