This one should be easy. I think that I should know the answer already, but i don't, so I ask the source of all wisdom --the List. Anyway, the question...
How do I make regulare users able to use the halt and reboot commands?
To answer your question directly:
chmod a+x /sbin/halt /sbin/reboot
and add /sbin to the default path (or symlink them into /usr/bin)
However, my advice would be to *not* do the above, unless you really want to. The approach I would use is this:
add a group called 'wheel' (may already exist) chgrp wheel /sbin/halt /sbin/reboot chmod g+x /sbin/halt /sbin/reboot
Then add any users who should be allowed use the commands into this group. You'll have to add /sbin to the path for these users (or symlinks in /usr/bin) just like above.
Jacob
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