On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 14:36:03 -0500
Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:13:31AM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote:
> > "The current console user is generally allowed to reboot the
> > system." why?? isn't that a giant security hole? just from
> > mistakes, not to mention malice.  
> 
> What is the attack scenario you are envisioning here for this to be a
> security issue?

denial of service?

> 
> > I just shut everything down. On reboot I logged in as dave, no apps
> > running and only one user - me. typing reboot into bash restarted
> > the machine.  
> 
> Do you feel this is significantly different from picking "Reboot"
> from the menu of a GUI environment?

ibid

> 
> 
> 
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