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RE: [LI] Halt Provision



Oh oh... Did I forget to tell u that You have to login as root to use
'linuxconf'.
After u fire 'linuxconf' in root u can give permission to users to use
'linuxconf'

MANI
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ganesh HariHaran [mailto:ganeshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 11:10 PM
To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [LI] Halt Provision


No! It doesn't seem to work. it says ( only superuser can do it.)
SubramaniA@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Use 'linuxconf'. You can set permissions for users and groups. In the
Users
> section select the username For whom u want to enable HALT and click on
the
> enable/allow shutdown( I am not sure which, its either enable or allow).
Now
> the next time u give HALT u will be asked to enter the user password.
> This should work I guess....
>
> MANI
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> So it shall be written....
> And so it shall be done...
> UP THE IRONS!
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> Hai All,
>  Can anyone of you help me to do (HALT Provision).  If I login as a
> normal user , what do I have to do to halt the machine.  Do I have to
> use system calls and trap the keys .
>
> Thanks,
> Ganeshh
>

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