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...ot" command to the ssh daemon instead "ssh system /sbin/reboot" andd sshd could tell PID 1 to reboot. There are, of course, a lot things to think about here, but I really think this would be a good thing to think about implementing. It sure would've helped me now. -- Mvh, Lars Bahner

And of course there's always the old standby in /etc/passwd (obviously change the account name) secretshutdown:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/shutdown And it presupposes that root logins are allowed (which is asking for trouble). >>>Ericw