Date: 11 Nov 1999 13:52:15 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Group problems Message-ID: <rd6u2mslv34.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: Mark Ovens's message of Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:56:27 %2B0000 References: <99110818305400.00416@machine.beastie.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081025190.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <19991109231030.A980@marder-1> <rd6n1smh47m.fsf@world.std.com> <19991110195627.A319@marder-1>
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Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> writes: > it (assuming they are members of the group wheel). Surely, from a > security point of view, only one user (root) should be able to > halt/reboot a machine; or are all members of wheel supposed to be > intelligent, considerate (towards other users) individuals? My answer is the latter. As I see it, you normally only give "wheel" access to people who should also have the root password. I don't think there's anything wrong with restricting the permissions on /sbin/shutdown if you want to, though. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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