Subject: Re: shutdown question
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: David S. <davids@idiom.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/05/2002 19:16:55
> 
> > 	This is probably a really dumb question but is it possible to give
> > a general user the ability to use the shutdown command and if so how?
> 
> So basically, all you need to do is add the user to that operator group in
> /etc/group. (But this will end up giving that user other privileges too.)

Or, you could use 'sudo' from packages to give the user permission to
run just 'shutdown', and not the others that go along with 'operator'
group membership.

David S.


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