Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:25:20 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] shutdown group Message-ID: <20010718232520.G80368@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0107182211120.23354-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@tumbolia.com on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:13:47PM -0500 References: <448zhl3a8p.fsf_-_@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0107182211120.23354-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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I'm the only one who uses my workstation and I am trying to get into the habit of logging into root as little as possible. It is more convenient and more secure to use sudo to shutdown, then to log in as root and do the same thing, for me.:) Ian As it was put forth by David Scheidt on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:13:47PM -0500... > On 18 Jul 2001, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > :dscheidt@tumbolia.com (David Scheidt) writes: > : > :> And why you'd need to, given that shutdown has the -r and -h flags is > :> another question. > : > :It's a question with possible legitimate answers, though. It's not as > :if "shutdown -h" were the same thing as "halt"... > : > > I can't come up with a single good reason why a non-root user should be > allowed to use the halt(8) or reboot(8) commands. I can't come up with many > for root using them, either. > > -- > dscheidt@tumbolia.com > Bipedalism is only a fad. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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