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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390