RE: shutdown/halt password ?!!?

["biscut" <biscut biscut screaming net>]

I know that this may be a silly question but...why would you want ordinary
users to be able to shut the system down, if you create an
administrators/power users group then that would be a better and more secure
option...jsut my opinion anyway

Regards
biscut



> lorenzo zampese notes electrolux it wrote:
> >
> > When a run 'shutdown' or 'halt' using my normal user (not root),
> > on my RH6.2, Linux prompt me for a password.
> > Why ?
> > I removed the shutdown user from /etc/passwd, and I changed the
> /sbin/shutdown
> > 's
> > attrib 'rwxr-xr-x' with 'rwsr-xr-x', but Linux still prompt me
> for a password.
> >
> > I would like that every normal user on my Linux box were able to
> > execute 'shutdown -h now' or 'halt' without a password.
> >
> > How can I avoid that password ?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
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