On 01/24/00, Joseph A. Martin addressed "Allowing users to shutdown": > I have set up a Linux workstation for my family's use. They > only need to keep the system on for short periods. (For various > reasons I don't want to leave it on full time.) They are using the > icewm window manager, which, when they hit ctrl-alt-del, gives them > the option of shutting down or rebooting the system. /sbin/shutdown > has permissions that do not allow them to use the shutdown command, > unfortunately. What permissions must I set to allow anyone on that > system to shut it down?
If you run Gnome on a home workstation you could customize it like I did for a friend who is a just learning Linux. Gnome has hardwired code that needs /usr/bin/shutdown and looks for a /var/lock/console/$USER before adding reboot and halt options to the "Log out" popup from the gnome menu. So I did this: ln -s /sbin/shutdown /usr/bin/shutdown chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown mkdir /var/lock/console touch /var/lock/console/betty chattr +i /var/lock/console/betty #Could be in a startup script for the unlazy Now she happily shuts down with four clicks. I haven't followed this whole thread, so sorry if I'm repeating anything - also, is there a preferred Debian way to set up the console lock and shutdown link so gnome will show the reboot and halt options? This has to have come up before... --- Bill Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
