On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Steve Adam wrote:
> Hi, > > I've installed the debian package of these > ups tools and everything looks good. > > debian:/var/log# upsdrvctl -h > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.1 > > (Though I'll have to wait for a quieter time to pull > the plug and test it.) > > debian:/var/log# ls -l `which upsdrvctl` > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18232 Sep 22 2005 /sbin/upsdrvctl > > I notice that upsdrvctl is exectuable by anyone. > Does that mean that anyone with shell access > to the server can "upsdrvctl shutdown" ? > > I'd prefer to restrict execution of that utility > to root. Would that cause any problems? > > Steve. > That is the reason you setup a password and authentication in the /etc/nut configuration files. Justin. _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
