Re: anybody can shutdown my system?

["mgalgoci redhat com" <mgalgoci redhat com>]

I believe this is only the case if the user has console ownership. If they
are at the console, then can kick the power cord or do control-alt-delete
just as easily, so at that point, it's moot.

--
	Mathew J Galgoci <mgalgoci redhat com> 

pub  1024D/18C242C0 2000-01-29 Matthew J Galgoci <mgalgoci redhat com>
     Key fingerprint = 46C1 B1EB 0BE9 E398 7CC3  E788 007D 4FF9 18C2 42C0
sub  1024g/A0170503 2000-01-29


On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Wei Jiang wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request redhat com with "unsubscribe"
> as the Subject.
>