Hi, > I use my computer as a workstation and thus I think it would be a good idea > to be able to switch it of as user without being root. > [.1).]make it sudo-able > [.2).]put the executable into a special group AFAIR, putting shutdown in a group will not work. You'll have to add the SUID Bit as well, which is quite never a good idea.
I use the sudo approach and am quite lucky with it. Therefore i have these lines in /etc/sudoers: User_Alias SHUTDOWNERS=markus # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown -[hkr] now # User privilege specification SHUTDOWNERS ALL=SHUTDOWN,NOPASSWD: ALL -- Markus Grunwald Registered Linux User Nr 101577 http://counter.li.org http://www.grunwald.2xs.de
