[ale] remote shutdown

[Zhongbin Yu " <z.yu at premcall.com>]

install sudo package,

set your sister-in-law as a local user on linux box, 
install sudo package
configure sudo to allow her to be able to do poweroff or shutdown -h
command and to do those only. (man sudoers will have perfect example.
NOPASSWD alt directive is also avaiable.)
install ssh package if applicable on her win98 machine and linux box
insert her public key from win98 to her own authorized_keys in her ~/.ssh
for ssh1 on linux box. or list her key in authorized key list in her
~/.ssh2.
an icon on her win98 desktop, as shortcut to
ssh1.exe sister at myPreciousLinux.home.org /usr/bin/poweroff

with this she may still be prompted for pass phrase for her private key on
local box. If she is really lazy type, generate keys with null passphrase,
but this is dangerous since she has a valid shell account on your linux
box.

$0.02.

Jerry Yu
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On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Keith R. Watson wrote:

#At 11:58 AM 10/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
#>I have a small machine at home RH6 that is doing ip_masq. And my sister
#>in law wants to use the internet from her computer. She knows how to
#>turn on the linux box but she does not know how to shut it down. I
#>personally run the halt command which shutsdown and turns off the
#>machine. I need a solution that will do just that, where she clicks on
#>her desktop(Win98) and it rsh the halt command, any ideas ?
#>
#>
#>BTW: I have a small hard disk in this machine that is getting corrupted,
#>I'm looking for a kernel that will do IP_MASQ and can be booted from
#>floppy, I looked at the devel project, but it does not say anything
#>about ip_masq. Can I build such kernel ... ? I'll try tonight but any
#>pointers would be greatly appreciated.
#>
#>Thx,
#>
#>
#
#JJ,
#
#I can't answer the question about remote shutdown but I can tell you who
#has a Linux router that boots from floppy. Charles Shapiro,
#72300.3632 at compuserve.com has a working Linux router running ip_masq that
#boots from a floppy. He is supposed to be giving a talk on it at one of the
#upcoming ALE meetings.
#
#keith
#
#-------------
#
#Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
#Computer Services Specialist IV        Georgia Institute of Technology
#keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
#404-894-0836
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