[CentOS] Allowing non-root users to reboot a workstation

[Felipe Westfields]

That seems to have worked on my own test account - I applied it to the user
having the issue and asked for his feedback when he gets a chance.

Thanks!

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you try adding
>
> UserName ALL= NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot
>
> As the last line of their /etc/sudoers files?
> (replacing UserName with their actual user name, of course.)
>
> That should grant them root access to only the /sbin/reboot command (add
> more commands using comma delimiting).
>
> Then they just run
> $ sudo reboot
>
>
> If you want to require they enter their own password before rebooting, use
> the line
>
> UserName ALL=/sbin/reboot
>
> Instead.
>
> Use of sudo is recorded in /var/log/secure, if I recall correctly.
>
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