On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 12:59, Michael ODonnell wrote:
> How about this?
> 
>  useradd -c "execute reboot"
>          -d /root
>          -g 0
>          -p initialPasswd
>          -s /usr/bin/poweroff
>          -o
>          -u 0
>          poweroff

There aren't any security problems here?  It seems like there could be
potential issues with having a "second root" account where the password
was known.  I'm not sure where exactly the problem would come from, but
it just seems like there could be potential issues.

Or am I just being overly paranoid?  8)

-- 
Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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