[ale] shutdown as non-root

[Douglas Bridges]

Do you really want non-root users to be able to shut down the machine without 
having explicit authorization to do so? However, one way to do it is by using 
a "wheel" group that has permissions.  You can read about it at 
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue36/tag/24.html

Doug

On Thursday 10 April 2003 11:32 pm, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
> But thats icky ;)
>
> there HAS to be something built-in to shutdown that allows non-users to
> shutdown :-/
>
> James S. Cochrane wrote:
> > sudo is your friend.
> >
> > James
> >
> > At 11:16 PM 4/10/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >> How can I set my laptop so a non-root user can shut it down (
> >> shutdown -h now )
> >>
> >> Heres what I get when I try to shutdown now:
> >>
> >> thomas at inspiron:~$ shutdown -h now
> >> shutdown: you must be root to do that!
> >>
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