On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Adam Thornton<athorn...@sinenomine.net> wrote:
> The sudo command is built for situations like yours.  Create an /etc/
> sudoers file that allows use of /sbin/reboot and /sbin/shutdown (if
> that's where they in fact are) for certain users.

And you need the right options in the sudoers file not to prompt for
the root password but his own (or none).
-Rob

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