On Friday 30 Apr 2004 1:21 pm, WipeOut wrote: >Hi, > >I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they >just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and >databases.. > >Is there a way I can create a user account that will reboot the server >on login? > >This way I can give them a user account and they simply login with that >account and it reboots the server.. > >I am guessing I need to create a login script or something similar but I >am not sure how to get the system to execute the script at login if that >is the way to do it.. > >Thnaks.. > > Try creating a passwd entry with a uid and gid of '0' (same as root) and set the path for the shell to be a program which simply calls shutdown with the relevent parameters. The program will be run when the user logs in, and the user will be logged out again as soon as the program exits. (Not tried it though)

On Friday 30 Apr 2004 1:21 pm, WipeOut wrote: >Hi, > >I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they >just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and >databases.. > >Is there a way I can create a user account that will reboot the server >on login? > >This way I can give them a user account and they simply login with that >account and it reboots the server.. > >I am guessing I need to create a login script or something similar but I >am not sure how to get the system to execute the script at login if that >is the way to do it.. > >Thnaks.. > > Try creating a passwd entry with a uid and gid of '0' (same as root) and set the path for the shell to be a program which simply calls shutdown with the relevent parameters.

The program will be run when the user logs in, and the user will be logged out again as soon as the program exits. (Not tried it though)

Why not just shutdown remotely with ssh?

--- WipeOut <wipe_out(a)users.sourceforge.net&gt; からのメッ セージ： >Hi, > >I have a colocated server and when I have to get >them to reboot it they >just hit the power switch which can't be good for >filesystems and >databases.. > >Is there a way I can create a user account that will >reboot the server >on login? > >This way I can give them a user account and they >simply login with that >account and it reboots the server.. > >I am guessing I need to create a login script or >something similar but I >am not sure how to get the system to execute the >script at login if that >is the way to do it.. > >Thnaks.. > > >-- >fedora-list mailing list &gt;fedora-list(a)redhat.com >To unsubscribe: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:18:06PM +0100, WipeOut wrote: >>Why not just shutdown remotely with ssh? >> >> >Typically I would but in the event that I can't get to the system with >SSH I have to request that the ISP's tech support go and reboot it.. > > In that case, it's very possible that logging in as a 'reboot' user also wouldn't work.

Am Fr, den 30.04.2004 schrieb WipeOut um 14:21: >Hi, > >I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they >just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and >databases.. > > Ouch! Why not let the person requested to reboot your server just pressing "Ctrl+Alt+Del"? That is by default not deactivated and will cause the system to reboot. No user permissions needed, no need for a "reboot user". Alexander

If you are rebooting that often you have issues anyway!

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:33:28PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >Am Fr, den 30.04.2004 schrieb WipeOut um 14:21: > > > >>Hi, >> >>I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they >>just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and >>databases.. >> >> >Ouch! Why not let the person requested to reboot your server just >pressing "Ctrl+Alt+Del"? That is by default not deactivated and will >cause the system to reboot. No user permissions needed, no need for a >"reboot user". > > Is there a CRT, Keyboard and Mouse on the box? If so you can have reboot and shutdown click to do it buttons on the CRT. No account access is needed only physical access. See gdm.

On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 12:25:47PM -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: >Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell wrote: > > >>On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:33:28PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >> >> >>>Am Fr, den 30.04.2004 schrieb WipeOut um 14:21: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I have a colocated server and when I have to get them to reboot it they >>>>just hit the power switch which can't be good for filesystems and >>>>databases.. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Ouch! Why not let the person requested to reboot your server just >>>pressing "Ctrl+Alt+Del"? That is by default not deactivated and will >>>cause the system to reboot. No user permissions needed, no need for a >>>"reboot user". >>> >>> >>Is there a CRT, Keyboard and Mouse on the box? >> >>If so you can have reboot and shutdown click to do it buttons on the >>CRT. No account access is needed only physical access. See gdm. >> >> >Only if he is running X on the server. Then the login screen has that. > > Correct. Some colocos' only have a serial access so it is important to know what the access methods are which is why I asked about keyboard and mouse to see if this was even possible.