At 16:53 08/04/99 +0800, you wrote:
>Bernardo Rodrigues wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Hope you're all fine.
>> I've some general questions which I've not been able to find answers
>> as yet.
>> 1. Can a normal ( ordinary ) user shutdown a Linux system ?
>
>Yes you can. You'll need to change the permissions on the scripts that do the
>shutdown. (either halt or shutdown in /sbin)
>
>However! This is not a good idea. You don't want just any user to be able to
>shutdown the machine!
>Well, if you're the only user it might not be too bad, I guess.
Hear, hear.
>
>> 2. What happens if for any reason the root user forget his/her
>> password or somebody tampers with the root password until he gets it
>> and changes it so that the real root cannot log into the system. ?
>
>Then you're hosed :)
Not quite. You can boot into single user (" linux single") then do
"passwd" to set up a new password.
>Well, this is true for any OS. AIX, Solaris, NT...
Aargh! Please don't say the N-word!
>
>> 3. Does Linux take advantage of the advanced power management feature
>> to power down a system?
>
>I don't think so. Not yet at least. I think they are working on it in the
>kernel.
>However, you can use APM now just not the ATX soft-powerdown thing you can
with
>Win98.
APMd is targeted mainly at laptops, I believe.
The again I could be completely wrong.
nick@nexnix
