Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:32:52PM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > CTRL-ALT-DEL > > > > see /etc/inittab > > > > what about local users logged into X? Well, I just discovered that in KDE, it gives you the logout menu and offers to shutdown or res

Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 02:44:41PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > I was going to mention sudo, but don't know the answer to this... > Can a ssh-ed in user do "sudo shutdown..."? Probably, but I think there's ways to restrict where the user may be logged i

Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:29:34PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > And if you have CTRL+ALT+DEL pointing to /bin/false like a sane > sysadmin, using sudo is a good alternative ;) Good point, because if you have the system request key turned on in your

Re: local user halt

2003-07-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 01:10:26PM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: > is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > shutdown command? i dont want those logged

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew McGuinness
matt zagrabelny wrote: hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. If you're running gdm, set Sy

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread hashi
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:32:52PM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:43, Bruce Sass wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > > is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > > > users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the abilit

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:29:34PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > Bruce Sass wrote: > >On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > >>is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > >>users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > >>shutdown command?

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Tom Allison
matt zagrabelny wrote: hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. thanks, matt zagrabelny Ch

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:43, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > > users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > > shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Stephen Touset wrote: > Bruce Sass wrote: > >On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > > >>is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > >>users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > >>shutdown command? i dont want those

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stephen Touset ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030728 12:29]: > Bruce Sass wrote: > >On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > >>is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > >>users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > >>shutdown command? i dont want

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Stephen Touset
Bruce Sass wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capabi

Re: local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, matt zagrabelny wrote: > is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary > users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the > shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote > method having this capability. CTRL-AL

local user halt

2003-07-28 Thread matt zagrabelny
hello, is there a method for allowing (besides root) local users (ordinary users sitting at the keyboard of the computer) the ability to use the shutdown command? i dont want those logged in via ssh or other remote method having this capability. thanks, matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai