[CentOS] Wrapper script for shutdown, passwd, etc. commands

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:04:49AM -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote:
>    Please confirm by entering your login password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Are you saying that this is an interactive process on the system?  I'd
suggest you make sure this isn't some sort of email ticket that stores
a password or emails it.

You could probably use 'sudo' to handle the part of authenticating the
user, and run a very limited service that queried a secure system for
approval and initiated the shutdown.

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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>