Rusty Carruth wrote:
> Darcy Brodie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello
> > I know that it isn't a good idea to give normal users root access,
> > but I need to set up a couple of Mandrake boxes (they will only be in
> > text mode, as these will be remote terminals to a Unix network) so that
> > a normal user can shut down without having to login as root. The
> > process needs to be as simple as possible, to prevent the user from
> > messing it up
>
> My favorite trick for that is to make a user 'shutdown' (or something
> else, if you want it to be a little harder for non-permitted folks to
> guess it ;-) (cute - spell it backwards: nwodtuhs - oh, never mind ;-)
>
> Anyway - give it some password so only those who are supposed to do shutdowns
> can get to it, and make its shell be /etc/halt or some such.
>
> Or - use sudo. That's possibly the best of all possible answers...
> (never used it myself though, I've always just had anyone who
> needed to reboot (very small number of folks!) do control/alt/del ;-)
>
> rc
>
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Sorry, I am not familiar with "sudo". what is it, or where can I find out more
about it,
Darcy
