Re: anybody can shutdown my system?

[Eric Wood <eric interplas com>]

Look in your "ifcfg-eth0" file located in the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.  There you can control the netmask, ip
address, etc.

-eric wood

-----Original Message-----
From: Wei Jiang <weijiang clam rutgers edu>
To: redhat-list redhat com <redhat-list redhat com>
Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: anybody can shutdown my system?


>I just installed redhat6.1. I'm surprised to find that anybody who doesn't
>have root privalage can shutdown the system by typing shudown from the
>command line. They will be prompted for the password and all they have to
>do is to type in their own password and then the shutdown process begin.
>Isn't only root supposed to be able to do that? Any suggestion of what is
>going on here?
>Another question, does anybody know which file contain the network
>configuarion info, especially the netmask. I know how to use the
>control-panel, but I am curious where the info is actually stored.
>
>Any advice will be gretely appreciated.
>
>John Wayne
>
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