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In aus.computers.linux John Summerfield <summer@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> In <5hc3a4$16o@ajax.pd.net>, zzpdean@dingo.cc.uq.edu.au (Peter Dean) writes:
> ]In aus.computers.linux Chris Bitmead <Chris.Bitmead@alcatel.com.au> wrote:
> ]> zebee@zipper.zip.com.au (Zebee Johnstone) writes:

> ]that works on your system because you have it configured that way.
> ]do a "man shutdown" and read about /etc/shutdown.allow

> yeah, right.
> Maybe "man -S8 shutdown "

> No mention of /etc/shutdown.allow
> No such file (rh 3.0.3):
> [summer@chess summer]$ ls /etc/shu*                     
> /usr/bin/color-ls: /etc/shu*: No such file or directory 

I checked shutdown.8 in versions 2.50, 2.58, 2.64 of SysVinit
and they all describe the usage of /etc/shutdown.allow.
What's your version?
cat /proc/`cat /var/run/syslog.pid`/environ|strings|awk '$1 ~ /INIT_VERSION/ {print}'
INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.64  on my system.
(that horrible incantation from the kernel source docs)
or on redhat
rpm -qf /usr/man/man8/shutdown.8
SysVinit-2.64-3   on my system (rh 4.0 + errata updates)

Obviously, it won't be automatically created, you make it if you need it.

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Peter Dean
P.Dean@mailbox.uq.edu.au