Re: Creating account with shutdown only functionality

From: Erwin Moller (since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much_at_spamyourself.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:01:51 +0100

Jon Bowyer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not sure if this is the right group for this question, please let me
> know if not.
>
> I am using WS2.1 and need to create a restricted user account that
> will just initiate a shutdown or reboot as soon as the user logs on,
> it needs to be quite secure and not allow the user to be able to do
> anything else? Is this possible, how do I go about it?
>
> It would be good if there could also be a dialogue of some sort saying
> "Are you sure, Y/N", along those lines.
>
> The logon will be a gui (Gnome).
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon

Hi Jon,

On most distros the command: init 6
will reboot the machine.
You need of course root-access to do this.
(sudo will do)
I am not sure init 6 will be the right way for all dirstro's, it just
depends on how you configured your box.

I think you should just experiment with it and find out if it suits your
needs.

if you want a reboot every time a user logs in, you could put the command
into his/her profile that loads for that particular user.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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