It would be nice if someone from Mandrake support could pick up on some of
these tougher questions.
kf
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
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= Does the lack of response mean that I won at "stump the band" here?
=
= "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
= >
= > On my gateway/firewall machine, I get the message "no authorized users
= > logged in" when I try to reboot, unless root is logged in.
= >
= > I'd like for CTL+ALT+DEL to reboot it even if *nobody* is logged in.
= >
= > To make a a short story long . . .
= >
= > I'm sure that the problem is that the security level is set to high;
= > that's because it's a firewall machine, and I want high security w/r/t
= > the outside world, but I want "running with scissors" security w/r/t to
= > the physical world.
= >
= > (In fact, as a reflection of this, I have a *very* secure
= > password--randomly generated from a maximal character set--but I have
= > the password taped onto the front of the box. If a bad guy is already
= > standing in front of my firewall, I've got much bigger problems than the
= > security of my *computer* system.)
= >
= > The keyword is physically inaccessible (difficult to get to, that is),
= > so logging in as root just to reboot is a real pain. Frequently I wind
= > up just hitting the power switch, but this is obviously a less than
= > ideal way to reboot on a regular basis.
= >
= > So . . .
= >
= > What controls this? How can I change it?
= >
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