Ken Nakata, writes:
> 
> Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> > 
> > > this is kind of a stupid question, but is there any way to invoke
> > > shutdown via a keypress (like control-alt-delete) from a login screen on
> > > an i386 running 1.4 and wscons?  running "reboot" from ddb doesn't
> > > unmount filesystems.
> > >
> > > Other than giving my boss the root password or leaving an open root
> > > login, the only other option seems to be a "shutdown" account...
> > 
> > The last option is probably the best.
> 
> I already stated my opinion before, but I repeat.  Use sudo.  It can be
> configured such that certain users can run as root nothing except

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> 
> Am I the only one who thinks sudo is such a good idea?

No. There are (at least) two of us. This is exactly what sudo was 
designed for.

with best wishes,
-- 
Chris				mailto:cjep@maths.qmw.ac.uk