Hi Why not just set the shutdown function to run with superuser privileges. IE set the SUID bit. This way any user can shutdown your system. BEWARE:- The default is not to let the standard user be able to shutdown the system as this is a security risk. Anyone shutting down the machine can put a bootable floppy in a drive at restart etc. To set the SUID bit on shutdown you need to use " chmod +s " on the file. You can then add /sbin to your path and you are good to go. Duncan >I've got RedHat 8 on a Athlon box and I'd like a user logon to perform a shutdown of the box. >I was advised to do the following: >I've added a user called 'Sleep' and added this user to the root group via the User Manager >program and made its login shell /sbin/shutdown in the /etc/passwd. >I've added in the users directory 2 lines in the .bashrc of: >PATH=$PATH:/sbin ********************************************** Dr Duncan Mercer Dunstaffnage Marine Lab Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland Phone +44 (0) 1631 559225 Fax +44 (0) 1631 559001 email:- Duncan.Mercer@xxxxxxxxxx Web:- http://www.sams.ac.uk/ *********************************************** -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
