Re: User account with permissions to reboot

srpjunk1877 <srpjunk@xxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
On 30 May, 13:58, Davide Bianchi <davideyeahs...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 2007-05-30, srpjunk1877 <srpj...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can anyone explain how to create a new user with permissions to only
reboot the OS

Set his default shell to /sbin/reboot

OK, I worked out how to create the user "useradd username -s /sbin/
reboot" but I can't login with this account, what else do I nned to
do?

The account needs a password to login to it.
passwd reboot
(or whatever username you choose)
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password changed.
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