Re: [linuxiran] Normal user's access to halt/reboot

[Hossein S. Zadeh]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Hooman Baradaran wrote:

> Hi,
> I switched my system from Mandrake to SuSE (which by the way is the GREATEST 
> distro I've ever tried) and I can't run halt/reboot as a normal user.
> I tried changing permitions but it didn't help.
> I need to use these command to turn off the computer with my keyboard using 
> lineak.


Hi there,
Having 's' permission set could be a security risk, but:

chmod u+s `which halt`
chmod u+s `which shutdown`

will do the trick.

Hossein