On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 07:43:51PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Brad Campbell ([email protected]): > > > This is one I find interesting. I've never used an operating system > > where it was required to know root credentials to halt or reboot the > > machine from the login screen. > > Remember, Unix is a multiuser operating system, and also one supporting > both local and remote users, who would be annoyed by someone deciding to > cut them off. So it would be sensible to ask for root password IF there are other (remote) users logged in. If there is no one logged in, shutdown/reboot should be possible without entering root password. Above heuristic could be default, with additional setting available to always/never require root password to shutdown.
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