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. > > Alex Genna This is undesirable but has been true for a long time on RedHat. Normal users can halt them and reboot them. One sees this every time you log off. Why not change the permissions on halt if you wnat to stop this behavior. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
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