On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 15:40, Duncan wrote: > Robert L Martin posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > excerpted below, on Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:15:28 -0400: > > > 3 a trio of SUID ROOT scripts to : a shutdown the system b reboot > > Xwindows only (user switch) c do a full system reboot || note on systems > > with a Real Live BOFH admin this trio would be yanked || > > Perhaps this in low security mode, but not above 2, anyway. I don't WANT > any rouge program being able to reboot the entire machine w/o having to > know the superuser (or at least SOME) password. That's something we have > that is and should remain better than Gates as it is, IMO.
Hmm. This already exists... try typing "reboot" as a normal user. At some security levels, anyway - haven't tried it above the default level. -- adamw
