Giving user shutdown priveledges

robet · Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject: Giving user shutdown priveledges

I want a regular user to be able to shutdown the computer. Right now only logout appears in the Gnome menu. I'd like the user to be able to pick "Shut Down" from a menu and issue "halt" and "reboot" commands in CLI. How would I go about doing this?
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lonex · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:39 am Post subject:

The following HOW-TO works great for the commands halt & reboot in the CLI:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Let_a_common_user_shutdown/reboot

mcspiff · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 109