[plug] Question on Linux system security

[Russell Steicke]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:56:49PM +0800, Carl Gherardi wrote:
...
> I came across this a while back when someone (linux clueless) said "So
> what would happen if I typed reboot?"
> 
> as it turns out...
> 
> rwxrwxrwx root root 	reboot -> halt
> rwxr-xr-x root root 	halt
> 
> As a normal user you can reboot the machine from the console.

Eh?  Not like that you can't.

  $ reboot           
  reboot: must be superuser.
  $

But you can always use the three finger salute.  I think most distros
enable that (in /etc/inittab) for any user logged in at the console (or
no user logged in on the console.)



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