On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Ken Nakata wrote:

> 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
> "shutdown" (or whatever specified).  The best part IMO is that they
> don't even have to know passwords other than their own.  Unlike su, sudo
> requires the password of the user running it, so you don't have to tell
> everybody or post a flyer or do some ridiculous thing like that whenever
> you change root's (or "shutdown"'s) password.
> 
> Am I the only one who thinks sudo is such a good idea?

I understood that the "boss" in question didn't even have an account
(the question was how to reboot at the _login_ prompt). I imagine this
to be an office-type environment, as opposed to a computing shop.