> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McDougall, Marshall (FSH) > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:30 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: Hardware Audit > > Why would you want non privileged users to be able to shut down the > machine? Just curious. > > Regards, Marshall > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yogi pn > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:00 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Hardware Audit > > Hi , > We are using AIX 5.2, on this non previlaged users are not able to > shutdown the machine, what permissions are to be changed for the non > previlaged users to shutdown the machine. Thanks for your help in > advance. If you really must have this functionality the best way to do it is probably via sudo. Adding the following to /etc/sudoers should work. %group ALL=/sbin/shutdown For the user to utilize the shutdown command they would type: sudo /sbin/shutdown <options> > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
