[ale] shutdown as non-root

[Thomas Holmquist]

well I wouldent want non-root to be able to shutdown my server, but this 
is a single user laptop (im the only person that uses it, so it really 
isnt a big deal...)

Douglas Bridges wrote:

>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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