Re: [TCLUG:9058] Shutdown via user (not root)

[sos@skypoint.com (Steve Siegfried)]

Scott Dier - dieman wrote:
> > Note: the RPM package "usermode" contains /usr/bin/{shutdown,consolehelper)
> > as well as:
> 
> Is this "feature" default in RedHat 6.1?
> 

It is if you click on the "gimme everything" box when installing.  Don't
know about the "minimum necessary RPM install set".

I just upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1 last night on a spare set of partitions.
I had the usermode package installed in 6.0 (but, had previously deleted
/usr/bin/shutdown), and it got upgraded automagicly when I selected the
just-upgrade-what-I've-already-got option.

To see what's in the package, do:
	$ rpm -ql usermode

If you really want to get rid of of everything in the package, do:
	$ su                            ## become "root"
	# rpm -e usermode               ## use rpm to delete the package

Not running 6.1 for real yet, because I'd like to lock it down first'idly,

-sos@skypoint.com