[Tfug] How to allow the user to reboot?

[Andrew Ayre]

One way:

Add it to /etc/sudoers with the NOPASSWD option. Then any user can type:

sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

The users might have to belong to the sudo group - not sure.

Andy

jblais wrote:
> Hello -
> 
> Yet another dumb question -- I guess it's from running point-n-click stuff
> too much.
> 
> 
> Fedora 5, gnome desktop.
> 
> Generally you need to be root to do a '/sbin/shutdown -h now', so, how does
> the gnome desktop do a shutdown when you're a regular user?
> 
> Can that command be accessed by a user's script?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
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