Daniel J. Smale - RSG <dasm@pml.ac.uk> wrote:
> Guys & Gals,

> How do I enable a non-root user to execute:

> shutdown -h 0

> The only message I get is that only root can do this.

> I've checked the permissions on the shutdown binary, and it is
> executable by all (obviously, else it would display the message!)

> I am missing a step... could someone please fill me in?


A dirty trick i've done for my music-maschine,
which is actuelly a slackbox.
1. I deleted the passwd of the user 'halt'
2. I gave the user 'halt' the uid of 0

So if you get the login prompt, type halt. And
the maschine shuts down. The user halt has no
shell, so there is no security-problem.


Ok, it's dirty. But i'm sure, there are more ways to Rom.

Peter



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