On 27 Apr 2002 at 0:06, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > nope. i prefer to disable /sbin/shutdown for all users other than root, > because it allows non-privileged users to go into single-user mode when > invoked with neither the "-h" or the "-r" flag. i don't know whether > this is a bug or a 'feature' in /sbin/shutdown, but there it is. if i > add normal users to /etc/shutdown.allow, i can't stop them from entering > single-user. which is why i will let them use only /sbin/halt.
OK I haven't used shutdown anytime. But tell me, what will happen if I jst say shutdown? How can it go to single user mode? It will shutdown, is what I understand. A workaround is to alias shutdown to halt. Shridhar _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
