Creation of /etc/nologin by another user

[macrun95]

Is there a way to allow another user to create the /etc/nologin file? I need to allow a user to create the nologin but don't want to give them root. I can do it via sudo but would rather they be able to create it from the command line.

Thanks

 

[ogniemi]

I guess sudoing "touch /etc/nologin" for this user would do the job.

 

[khalidaaa]

How about creating a small script run under root permission (SUID) that creates the nologin?

Regards,
Khalid

 

[p5wizard]

You can't suid a script (at least last time I checked). You'd need a C-compiled wrapper-program for it. Might as well use sudo then...


HTH,

p5wizard