The problem with telling the users to use the ctrl-alt-del method is that these
same non-computer-technical users also use some windows and DOS machines at this
time. If I start telling them to use the ctrl-alt-del to shut down the computer,
that would start a MAJOR problem, as they would start to use it on the other
computers also. As far as the possible problems with the switches, they arn't
smart enough to figure it out. It will be local users only that will have the
shutdown ability. At this time, I am the only one with any remote access to any
of the linux machines (and that was done intentionally!)
Darcy
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Darcy Brodie wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all the suggestions. I did finally set the halt and shutdown
> > commands to UID root, and that has solved my problems.
>
> I believe that you are over-trusting your local users. 'halt' and
> 'shutdown' have a couple of dangerous switches (halt -f, shutdown -n,
> shutdown -f, shutdown -F)
>
> Why exactly do you need users to shut down the system from the
> command-line? Remote or local users?
>
> What's wrong with pressing ctrl-alt-del from the console?
>
> > > > >>>>>>On Saturday 02 June 2001 01:24 pm, Darcy Brodie 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
>
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> Tzafrir Cohen
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