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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:30 pm Post subject: halt as a user

how do I allow users to run halt and reboot? --------- the owls won't see us in here

klieber
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: halt as a user

Guest wrote:

how do I allow users to run halt and reboot?

You search the forums.

--kurt
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Guest

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: halt as a user

Guest wrote:

how do I allow users to run halt and reboot?

You could emerge sudo and add for each user who should be able to halt or reboot:

Code:

user ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/reboot,NOPASSWD:/sbin/halt

(replace "user" with the actual username). Consult the sudo manpage for explanations of available options.

Kind regards,
C&E

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