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) The user logged into the console can shutdown the machine via /usr/bin/halt. Consolehelper takes care of the permissions. -- William Hooper