DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: I don't want sudo on my system.

Just to expand on my earlier answer the default sudoers' file looks like this

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# sudoers file.

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

knoppix ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
dsl ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

This means dsl can run anything using sudo with no password. You could change it to something like this:

Code Sample

# sudoers file.

Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /usr/sbin/shutdown
Cmnd_Alias HALT = /usr/sbin/halt
Cmnd_Alias REBOOT = /usr/sbin/reboot

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
dsl ALL=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN,HALT,REBOOT

This allows dsl to use sudo to shutdown/reboot without a password but restricts any other commands.

If you want to know more about the sudoers file try the sudoers' manual

original here.