No display manager and not using KDE.
When the computer boots up, it loads mythfrontend on its own. No log in
manager, nothing. It's intended to be used only for a frontend in my
bedroom, so no big deal if someone hacked in and powered the frontend
off - very unlikely anyway.
Hmm. But then again, the files for the frontend is on the server
(diskless frontend using netboot you see) so the halt command is open to
all on the server.... best check that then! Hmm, I seem to be able to
access halt via my server as a non-root user - not going to actually
invoke the command though! Maybe best to move the halt command
somewhere else, rename it to something like "fluffy_teddies" - no-one'll
find it...?
Cheers - Piers
Jonathan Tidmore wrote:
Are you using kde? Which Display Manager are you using? GDM, KDM, XDM?
chmod +s /sbin/halt is not a good idea.
On 12/27/05, *R. Geoffrey Newbury* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:58:15 +0000, Piers Kittel wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Mythfrontend is set to turn off my computer using the command "halt".
>Mythfrontend is run as an non-root user - in this case user
"piers" - so
>when I try to exit MythTV, and I select "Yes, exit and shutdown" - it
>jsut says "Command not found". Obviously this command isn't available
>to non-root users. So how do I enable the user "piers" to be able to
>shut down the computer without opening up too many obvious
security holes?
put a copy of the program in /home/piers or /home/mythtv as
applicable and
chmod it so that user 'piers' or 'mythtv' can execute it.
If user mythtv "owns" mythfrontend, then only mythtv and root will
be able
to execute the shutdown.
Geoff
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