Re: security problem

From: Igmar Palsenberg (maillist@chello.nl)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 17:59:42 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. The user is only allowed to do that when logged in on the console. If
you don't like it, edit the PAM config.

        Igmar

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