User profile and scripts

[vaibhav009]

hi all,
i am new to linux and trying to learn it ,

Im using RED HAT9 and i want to create a user on whose log in system should shut down and message should be broadcast to all users logged on.

i will be thankfull if my question is answered

thanks and regards

vaibhav

[Rubberman]

First RH9 is incredibly out-of-date. You should update to RHEL/CentOS 5. Second, this can only be done by root (shutting down system, etc) or if you give the user sudo privileges. In any case, assuming they are running the bash shell, you would put the shutdown command (with nohup) and broadcast message in the user's .bash_logout script.

If you don't understand what I am saying above, then you have a lot of studying to do before you are qualified to do this...

[vaibhav009]

Firstly Thank you sir for taking some time out to answer,

neway i do understand ur answer and i know that i need to study a lot but can the user profile be modified in tht way, is it possible? and how?

[vaibhav009]

do share me with useful links and study material so tht i can get knowledge

[Rubberman]

Most of the answers you need are available in the following locations:

1. System man pages.
2. The Linux Documentation Project
3. Google

There are also a lot of published books available; some free and online, others for purchase from Amazon.com and your local book store, or to be found at your local library (maybe).