Re: Summary: logout/halt/reboot as ordinary user, gnome logout button?

[Chris Webster <chris mistral atd ucar edu>]

>Svante Signell wrote:
>> [about allowing shutdown/reboot by ordinary users 
>> on machines where security isn't an issue]
>
>of permissions, bring up the "ask for password" dialog box.  Then, just
>suid root the shutdown/reboot commands, so anyone can run them.  On most
>systems, it'll still ask for the password, but on systems configured
>with the command suid root, it'll let anyone do it.

I have been unsuccessful at getting halt to work, when it is setuid root....

--Chris