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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:10:58 +1100
From:      Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /sbin/reboot
Message-ID:  <20101210051058.353747BF861@drugs.dv.isc.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:03:20 MDT." <AANLkTinD3UZU6o-gf5J1B7CXp7DR1%2BJQvzbi9VJYmM8P@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <AANLkTinD3UZU6o-gf5J1B7CXp7DR1+JQvzbi9VJYmM8P@mail.gmail.com>, Adam
 Vande More writes:
> Is there a reason /sbin/reboot isn't assigned to the operator group or is
> this an oversight?

Why would you want it to be?   One really shouldn't be running /sbin/reboot
directly as part of normal operations.  shutdown does a graceful reboot if
and when operators need to perform  reboot.
 
-- 
Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka@isc.org



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