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Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0?
From: Aaron Campbell <aaron () MONKEY ORG>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 09:57:14 -0400
On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Joe Testa wrote:
I've found on my personal Redhat 7.0 system that any unprivilaged user can issue a 'reboot' command to reboot the machine. I have another
Have you tried 'reboot' as an unpriviledged user logged in over the network? I'm pretty sure it only lets you do it at the console. It's a known 'feature'. --- Aaron Campbell (aaron () monkey org || aaron () openbsd org) http://www.biodome.org/~fx
Current thread:
- Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? Joe Testa (Oct 07)
- Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? Gordon Messmer (Oct 07)
- Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? Matt Wilson (Oct 07)
- Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? packetWhore (Oct 07)
- Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? Aaron Campbell (Oct 08)
- Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0? Andrew Griffiths (Oct 08)