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Re: SSH Exploit Request


From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:13:02 -0600

--On Friday, November 14, 2003 22:46:31 -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:36:59 CST, Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>  said:

Just curious....why wouldn't you use 'shutdown -r now'?

% uname -rsv
IRIX64 6.5 10151453

% man shutdown

shutdown(1M)
shutdown(1M)

NAME
     shutdown - shut down system, change system state

SYNOPSIS
     cd /; /etc/shutdown [ -y ] [ -ggrace_period [ -iinit_state ] [ -p ]

OK.. Let's check another box...

% uname -rsv
SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-22
% man shutdown
Reformatting page.  Please Wait... done

Maintenance Commands                                 shutdown(1M)

NAME
     shutdown - shut down system, change system state

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/shutdown [ -y ]  [ -g grace-period ]   [  -i init-
     state ]  [ message ]


You see a -r in either of those?  I don't.

Nope. But I sure do in a lot of other unixes. Wasn't thinking of Solaris at the time. Sorry.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu

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