Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 22:13:47 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] shutdown group Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0107182211120.23354-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <448zhl3a8p.fsf_-_@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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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
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