On 08Nov2020 11:13, Dave Stevens <g...@uniserve.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 17:28:01 -0800
>jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote:
><stuff edited out>
>
>and then others 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.

Cannot the console user type Ctrl-Alt-Del anyway? So I'm not sure this 
is of itself a security hole. Except in as much as it relies of software 
correctly deducing the physical presence of the console user at the 
console, and mucking that up would indeed be a security hole.

So I think of itself it seems half legit, but it increases the attack 
surface.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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