[mkennedy@seawolf mkennedy]$ id
uid=500(mkennedy) gid=500(mkennedy) groups=500(mkennedy)
[mkennedy@seawolf mkennedy]$ /sbin/halt
halt: must be superuser.
[mkennedy@seawolf mkennedy]$
Hmmmmm.
Matt
On Mon, 2001-10-22 at 07:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is just a note, came up in a user group. YOU ALL SHOULD CHECK THIS OUT
> ON YOUR SYSTEMS. /sbin/halt (the file that shutdown and reboot point at)
> has permission of 755 but unlike shutdown has no restriction for normal
> users. IE...anyone can shutdown the system whenever they feel like it.
> Does anyone know the mechanism that actually restricts non-root users in the
> shutdown command? It also has permission set to 755.
>
> Alex Genna
>
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