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by **y.lefeu..** » Sun, 15 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Hello,

Just a simple crazy question:
I would like to allow 'normal' users to use 'mount' and 'shutdown commands.
I change permissions (+x) and set UID and GID bit.
But both commands still tell me:
#shutdown: must be root
#mount:only root can do that.

thanks for help.

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by **Guillaume Marca** » Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Quote:> #shutdown: must be root

shtudown can only be down by the root, and from the console. Log as the
root (su)...

Quote:> #mount:only root can do that.

You can allow normal users to mount disk if the disk is listed in the
/etc/fstab file and the correct flag is set. See man mount and man fstab.

Gus.

by **Mark Manning/Muniz Eng** » Tue, 24 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Actually, what you can do for the shutdown thing is to have a special
account which people can log into to shutdown the system. Give it root
privileges, make it so it automatically does a shutdown and then logs
them right back out. This will prevent them from trying to get into the
system with root privileges and mucking up everything else. Of course,
it does make it so anyone can shutdown your system if they know the
password. But that is a risk you have to take when you are going to
allow others to have this ability. :-)

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mount and shutdown for normal users?

mount and shutdown for normal users?

mount and shutdown for normal users?

mount and shutdown for normal users?