How do I make a User login shutdown my box?

From: Stuart Halliday (StuartH_at_ecs-tech.com)
Date: 09/27/04

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    Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:02:57 +0100
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    I've got RedHat 8 on a Athlon box and I'd like a user logon to perform a shutdown of the box.

    I was advised to do the following:
    I've added a user called 'Sleep' and added this user to the root group via the User Manager program and made its login shell /sbin/shutdown in the /etc/passwd.

    I've added in the users directory 2 lines in the .bashrc of:
    PATH=$PATH:/sbin
    export PATH
    as I understand it this path isn't usually in a users path.

    I added the user sleep to the /etc/shutdown.allow file as well.

    But when I logon via the logon screen as user 'sleep', the picture goes black and then comes back again!

    I tried pressing ctrl-alt-del at the logon screen but a wee box pops up asking for the root password to halt or reboot.

    Any idea what else I need to do?

    If any kind and knowledgeable person could guide me, I would welcome that. :-) 

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Stuart Halliday
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