[SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Hiten Pandya
hi all, correct me if i am wrong.. but.. do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) to root from a non-privileged user would be good... i tried this same thing at home.. i builded it and installed it.. works fine for me... the patch below will allow a shutdown only be logging into

Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Walter Belgers
Hiten Pandya wrote: do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) to root from a non-privileged user would be good... It would be bad for me.. I do not allow any root login anywhere. The only way to become root is to su to it. Your patch would make it impossible for me to shutdown the

[SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
Hiten Pandya writes: hi all, correct me if i am wrong.. but.. do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) to root from a non-privileged user would be good... i tried this same thing at home.. i builded it and installed it.. works fine for me... the patch below will

Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Hiten Pandya
its ok... but is there a list of problems that are awaiting to be resolved in the CURRENT branch... thanks... --- Vladimir B. Grebenschikov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hiten Pandya writes: hi all, correct me if i am wrong.. but.. do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1)

Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hiten Pandya writes: : correct me if i am wrong.. but.. : do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) : to root from a non-privileged user would be good... I think it would be a horrible idea. : this would be very good, i think if someone broke into : a

Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 06:40:11AM -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote: hi all, correct me if i am wrong.. but.. do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) to root from a non-privileged user would be good... I think this is a bad idea. Kris msg31979/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1)

2001-11-22 Thread Emiel Kollof
* Hiten Pandya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [disallowing a su'ed root to shutdown the machine proposition snipped] this would be very good, i think if someone broke into a normal user and was able to gain access into root using su... (without a password..) I fail to see anything 'good' in