how to assign full access rights to guest

[Doug Stewart]

harshavardhanreddy mandeepala wrote:
> hi
> I am using Linux fedora core 3.
> I want to shutdown the system from  .bash_profile  file
> using
> cd /sbin
> ./shutdown -g o
> but when I run the file otherthan a superuser it is giving error message as
>           " to run "shutdown" u must be a root"
>  but i want to execute shutdown command  as  a non root user (Ex: guest)
> Even i have used  command for changing the ownership as
> chown "guest" /root -R      Still it is giving error.
> 

This will not accomplish what you're looking to do and is a Patently Bad 
Idea(tm).

> Is there any other way to shutdown other than .bash_profile  from  user "guest".
> How can i give full permissions  to my user "guest"  as equal as
> "root" ,so that i can run "shutdown" command.
> 

Run `man sudo` from any command line and read up on this incredibly 
powerful and useful tool.


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Doug Stewart
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Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
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