Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:01:55 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Deny shutdown Message-ID: <20011011120155.C2865@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGEEIGCJAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>; from scott@gerhardt-it.com on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 05:05:09PM -0600 References: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGEEIGCJAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 05:05:09PM -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > I would like to configure FreeBSD to disallow the following shutdown related > commands from all but the local console: Isn't this more an organisation problem than a operational problem? I mean, only the root user and the operator group can do these things. The easiest way (...) is to write a wrapper around it which checks these preconditions and then calls shutdown-thisistherealexecutable. It doesn't prevent people from calling shutdown-thisistherealexecutable, but it will prevent the obvious mistakes. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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