[linux-help] Re: Non-root shutdown

[Jeff Vian <jvian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Use sudo to do that.
You can give him the exact commands you need without giving him full
privileges.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Hawthorne" <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Non-root shutdown


>
> Is it possible for a specific non-root user to run the
> shutdown/halt/reboot commands?  I have a server at a
> friend's house that has DSL and from time to time he
> will need to power the machine off, but I don't want
> to give him full root privliges.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Curtis H.
>
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