Quoting Matthias Bodenbinder ([email protected]): > [...] And even on the commandline a "poweroff" is still successfully executed.
You haven't said whether the commandline is being typed on a console VC, or remotely. It makes a big difference. For example: jessiebox ~$ ls -l /sbin/poweroff lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Feb 13 05:45 /sbin/poweroff -> /bin/systemctl jessiebox ~$ /sbin/poweroff ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.login1.power-off === Authentication is required for powering off the system. Authenticating as: root Password: ← typed root's password ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE === jessiebox ~$ Connection to jessiebox closed by remote host. Connection to jessiebox closed. wheezybox ~$ ls -l /sbin/poweroff lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 17 2013 /sbin/poweroff -> halt wheezybox ~$ ls -l /sbin/halt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13848 Jul 17 2013 /sbin/halt wheezybox ~$ /sbin/poweroff poweroff: must be superuser. wheezybox ~$ So wheezy just runs a binary that checks for root. Jessie (running systemd) makes me authenticate if I'm remote, but will shutdown straightaway if I type the command on the console. Which is reasonable since all I have to do otherwise is press CtrlAltDel or the power button to achieve the same effect. Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
