Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:25:41AM -0400, [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. > > This is undesirable but has been true for a long time on RedHat. Normal > users can halt them and reboot them.
Only if you are logged in at the console. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
