-----Original Message----- From: David Fokkema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:09 AM To: debian list Subject: Re: Allowing any user to shutdown from gnome
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 13:34, Ben Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 11:00, Martin Jungowski wrote: > > > You can also set SUID on shutdown and add a Launcher to your Panel or > > Desktop in GNome. > > Managed to SUID Root on shutdown (chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown) and can > shutdown from a command line but how do I add to the launcher. I tried > one with the command '/sbin/shutdown -h now' but it douse not work. I really wouldn't recommend this if you care about security the tiniest bit. Do you want EVERYONE (even remote users) to be able to shutdown _your_ system while _you_ are working with it? David If you are bent on giving a specific user the ability to shutdown or reboot, I would recommend doing so with sudo. That way, you can target one user for give limited root privileges, without SUIDing restricted commands. -mk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]