See also Suid where I mention starting this effort -- after starting a Google search on [shutdown "not root" Linux] I decided that accumulating some notes specifically on this topic may be worthwhile.

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Notes

See Suid -- in the shutdown.scr file I created, try changing "/sbin/shutdown" to "/usr/bin/shutdown".

With respect to logging in as root via telnet, try logging in as an ordinary user and then su'ing to root.

Use visudo to add users to the sudo file (from http://www.ils.unc.edu/inls183/notes/Sep9/installation.html)

Try: "sudo shutdown -r now" (from http://fossil.wpi.edu/docs/howto_build_kernel.html)

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Recommended

• (rhk) Red Hat Linux 8.0: The Official Red Hat Linux Security Guide: Chapter 4. Workstation Security -- nice page -- worth rereading (I'm rushing now) -- mentions sudo, setuid, pam, ssh, letting any user shutdown from the console (localhost), etc.

• (rhk) From (short) Linux Command List, this looks like it should work:

   shutdown from not root
   chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown
   then shutdown command

• (rhk) Being 'root'

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