Workstations: good reasons for owner root access

[Michael T Sullivan]

In article <183 at ndc.UUCP>, sgf at ndc.UUCP (Fishman) writes:
> I work on a diskless microVAX 2000, so I don't do my own system 
> administration, but I occasionally _must_ have su privledge (sp?).
> That happens when my system must be rebooted, so I have to do a
> shutdown.  Now, my system administrator _could_ walk around to

Our 3B2 with SVR3.1 has a shutdown login.  It is set up here as a non-login
account, but in your case it could have a password on it so you can shut
the machine down while still not su'ing to root.  Is this possible on the uVAX?

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