On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:34:54AM +0200, Martin Würtele wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:16:06AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Using debian on a stand-alone laptop I usually work as an ordinary user and > > find somewhat awkward the fact that I have to su in order to shutdown the > > PC. > > Is there a way to power my PC off as a user? > > if you use wdm as graphical login you can configure it to allow every > console user to shut down. > > tha man page says something abaout /etc/shutdown.allow but i haven't got it > to work by now.
shutdown.allow restricts ctrl-alt-del. users listed in shutdown.allow *MUST* be logged into the console (not X). or else ctrl-alt-delete will just produce a `no authorized users logged in' message. it does not allow you to shutdown non-root. for that use sudo. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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