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It will only ask you the password if you type the shutdown/halt command
as non-root.
You can also change the permissions of these commands to only allow a
root user to execute these commands.
Rajen Parekh wrote:
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> I am using Red Hat 6.2 (PCQ). When giving the "halt" command as non user,
> the system asks for password. Surprisingly, the password it is expecting
> is *not* that of root but of the user calling the command. Is this a
> bug? Shouldn't only the root have the permission to shutdown the
> system?
>
> Rajen
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