OK, I'm just winging this here.
Shutdown says it looks in /var/run/utmp to see if the 'authorized user'
listed in /etc/shutdown.allow is logged in.
Now /var/run/utmp sounds suspiciously like something that disappears every
time you restart. So...
Maybe you could just have the start up script add a phony user name to this
file. Then with that same user name listed in /etc/shutdown.allow you're
good to go.
messing with /var/run/utmp may be a very bad idea.
This sounds reasonable to me but someone who actually knows what they're
talking about should say if this is crazy or not.
Gvain
>> On my gateway/firewall machine, I get the message "no authorized users
>> logged in" when I try to reboot, unless root is logged in.
>>
>> I'd like for CTL+ALT+DEL to reboot it even if *nobody* is logged in.
