Just curious, how does the "Shutdown Computer" command in the "Start" (ha
ha) menu of KDE and Gnome work? Or the "Shutdown" in gpm (I think that 's
what it's called, the graphical login). You don't have to su for that,
right?

  ~ Ross

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> A regular user can halt or reboot the machine by unplugging it or
> pushing the reset button.  :-P
>
> If you're looking for a less drastic solution, see ``man sudo'' and
> ``man sudoers''.  Or, if you don't care about security, set the SUID
> bit on the /sbin/shutdown binary.


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