user issue

cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

all my users are part of the wheel group... appart from one... this user isn't able to shut the computer down enless he hits the button or takes the plug out obviously.. i'd like him to be able to shut the comp off from xfce4 or atleast typing halt on the command line... I have sudo but that only lets me shutdown with users in the wheel group..
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adaptr · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

So let him sudo and only execute that one command - halt.
No need to give him full su privileges.

To use su one needs the root password; to use sudo one needs nothing.
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cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

This is my sudoers file:

adaptr · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:26 am Post subject:

...so any member of the wheel group can bring your system to a grinding halt.
Smart, is it ?
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