"Ramasubramanian, Suresh" wrote:
> Hi Rohit
> > Is that shutdown.allow?
> [[SureshR]] Yes it is. Sorry for the typo
Everybody does it once in a while. So long as the fellow in need got it
right, we are cool.
> > I think shutdown.allow DOES offer protection against invocation of
> > shutdown, whether it is from trapping CAD or something else. Check that?
> [[SureshR]] This gives you protection only from the shutdown
> command. You can unalias C.A.D and shutdown though
But won't you have to be root for that? [If it is someone who is trying
to bring the system down by CAD or shutdown, he will not be able to if a
.allow file exists and his name is not there... am I right?]
Rohit
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