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Old 03-16-2005, 11:17 AM   #1
Lleb_KCir
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giving user access to 'shutdown -r now' or -h commands

how would i go about giving 1 specific user access to those 2 commands without them having to become root?

distro = debian sarge

thanks.
 
Old 03-16-2005, 11:46 AM   #2
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maybe this helps:

http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php...%20or%20reboot

for more info try this google search:

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr...=Google+Search

Last edited by win32sux; 03-16-2005 at 11:48 AM.
 
Old 03-16-2005, 11:50 AM   #3
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thank you, that was exactly the info i needed.
 
  


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