Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!usfvax2!ssi From: ssi@usfvax2.EDU (Ssi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: halt not by root Keywords: halt ! not root Message-ID: <1135@usfvax2.EDU> Date: 23 Sep 88 02:41:19 GMT References: <1128@usfvax2.EDU> <4051@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: ssi@usfvax2.usf.edu.UUCP (Ssi) Organization: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Lines: 13 >>... how can I give halt(8) permission to users other than >>root. We shut the system down at night ... > The real question is, do you NEED to shut this machine down every night? >Is it such a power hog that you can't leave it running??? > The electric bill isn't my problem. The system is in Tampa, Fl. ... The lightning capital of the world (approx 100 days/yr). My hardware maintenance contract says something about "ACTS OF GOD!".... The Sun(TM) doesn't always shine in the Sunshine State. Greg Ripp Ph (813)628-6100