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Subject: Re: Non-priv'ed users able to reboot RH 7.0?
From: Aaron Campbell (aaronMONKEY.ORG)
Date: Sun Oct 08 2000 - 08:57:14 CDT


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'.

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Aaron Campbell (aaronmonkey.org || aaronopenbsd.org)
http://www.biodome.org/~fx