Rick Moen writes:
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.
Reminds me of the story about the airline captain who took the mike to apologise to the passengers for a delay: "I was held up in the security control, they were worried that I might seize control of the airplane."
Imagine a host with hundreds of simultaneous users, such as (say) a shared ISP machine. You would absolutely not want just anyone to be able to shutdown or reboot the machine at will. Tberefore, the conventional solution to this problem is to require membership in a bespoke group for shutdown/reboot rights.
I believe the conventional solution is to locate such hardware behind locked doors and make sure few people have access to the power cables.
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