* Neil Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-08-14 22:36 +0200: > You may find this old trick works. Create a "captive account", one that > does not have a regular shell, rather runs a command - in this case > /usr/sbin/shutdown. The account name might be "shutdown". Give it a > password that makes sense in your home. > > > > How can I give my users or a group permision to > > shutdown and halt the machine? [...] > > Note for you security concious peeps, the machine is > > in my home no networked and the users are my family > > members.
Another idea, as you all have physical access: map either <CTRL ALT DEL> or <ALT UPARROW> to the shutdown command. For the first solution, in /etc/inittab (as root): # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now Then issue "kill -1 1" (IIRC) or reboot, and you're set. The kbrequest way is a little more "secret" as the key combination is less well known. Note both solutions require switching to a virtual console to work (e.g. press <CTRL ALT F1>, then key combo). A. B. andre DOT berger AT web DOT de
