Re: security problem

From: Thomas Molina (tmolina@home.com)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 20:29:15 EST


On Mon, 22 May 2000, Tonglu Yi wrote:

> i find that in redhat non-root user can run shutdown program and halt
> linux system. is it a kernel related problem ?

No, it's a failure to read the fine manual. There is a section on
access control and the file /etc/shutdown.allow. That should answer
your question and your concern.

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