Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!sullivan
From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Workstations:  good reasons for owner root access
Summary: shutdown password
Message-ID: <797@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 88 14:52:47 GMT
References: <8338@smoke.ARPA> <2757@bgsuvax.UUCP> <183@ndc.UUCP>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <183@ndc.UUCP>, sgf@ndc.UUCP (Fishman) writes:
> I work on a diskless microVAX 2000, so I don't do my own system 
> administration, but I occasionally _must_ have su privledge (sp?).
> That happens when my system must be rebooted, so I have to do a
> shutdown.  Now, my system administrator _could_ walk around to

Our 3B2 with SVR3.1 has a shutdown login.  It is set up here as a non-login
account, but in your case it could have a password on it so you can shut
the machine down while still not su'ing to root.  Is this possible on the uVAX?

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Michael Sullivan				{uunet|attmail}!vsi!sullivan
V-Systems, Inc. Santa Ana, CA			sullivan@vsi.com
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