And of course there's always the old standby in /etc/passwd (obviously change the account name) secretshutdown:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/shutdown And it presupposes that root logins are allowed (which is asking for trouble). >>>Ericw _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev