"If any body has on the list the file /etc/shutdown.allow then please send a copy to
list"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Gaurav,
> There is no directory called check in the etc directory and
it was a typo mistake realized when the arrow was shot.
>
> it seems to be that there is no shutdown.allow in my system(i used "locate
> shutdown.allow" command)
"FILES
/fastboot
/etc/inittab
/etc/rc.d/rc.halt
/etc/rc.d/rc.reboot
/etc/shutdown.allow"
-from man page of shutdown
see the files corresponding to your machine from man shutdown.
and also read it carefully
although i am also not having it, i only said seeing the name shutdown.allow.
"If any body has on the list the file /etc/shutdown.allow then please send a copy to
list"
>
> BTW, i am issuing a reboot command, only after logining(through telnet) as a
> normal user and then using su commnad to get the root privilages.
just reverse the order, i hope it works.
>
> Is is it appropriate to issue a reboot command( as a root only) from a
> remote(telnet) terminal
why not! i hope you didn't disclosed the root password.
see if you are root, would you want user to do a reboot.
security persons requested to comment on this.
>
>
> I have not got a chance to check the exit code of e2fsck. next time if is issue
> a reboot, i will let u know.
waiting for it from dawn to dusk.
>
-gaurav
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