On 16/2/04 11:26 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sounds like a permissions problem, if you have to use sudo to
shutdown. I'd
download Yasu from versiontracker and give it a whirl.
Ummm... On a multiuser Unix machine, having anyone able to shut the
machine down is a *bad thing*, hence why it requires sudo.
Have fun,
Shay
So how come a non-admin user can turn off their Mac from the Apple Menu in
OS X?
Anyone with physical access to the machine (and in some cases a large
enough axe) can turn it off. Especially coming from a Mac based world
where the user expects to be able to shut their machine down without
authenticating. Apple does make some concessions to making the GUI
experience user friendly for the user, rather than giving them the
traditional Unix 'experience' ;)
If you really want to, I believe you can password protect the Apple
Menu's shutdown/restart commands as well.
From the commandline however, you need the appropriate privileges.
Have fun,
Shay
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