Re: A reboot user

From: neil (neilcuk_at_aol.com)
Date: 04/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:46:11 +0100
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    gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk wrote:

    >On Friday 30 Apr 2004 1:21 pm, WipeOut wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Hi,
    >>
    >>I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they
    >>just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and
    >>databases..
    >>
    >>Is there a way I can create a user account that will reboot the server
    >>on login?
    >>
    >>This way I can give them a user account and they simply login with that
    >>account and it reboots the server..
    >>
    >>I am guessing I need to create a login script or something similar but I
    >>am not sure how to get the system to execute the script at login if that
    >>is the way to do it..
    >>
    >>Thnaks..
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Try creating a passwd entry with a uid and gid of '0' (same as root) and set
    >the path for the shell to be a program which simply calls shutdown with the
    >relevent parameters.
    >
    >The program will be run when the user logs in, and the user will be logged out
    >again as soon as the program exits.
    >
    >(Not tried it though)
    >
    >
    IMHO it would be safer, cleaner and more practical - if you have no ssh
    access - to create a non priviledged user that can 'sudo reboot'. If you
    take a few minutes to read through the sudo man pages you'll find it can
    be a very useful tool indeed.

    neil. 

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