Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:56:55 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1008525415.9220c6@mired.org> To: "Eugene Panchenko" <replicator@ngs.ru> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange programs' permissions Message-ID: <15382.18663.426530.954823@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <120278244@toto.iv>
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Eugene Panchenko <replicator@ngs.ru> types: > Hallo! > To be able to issue `shutdown' command, I need to be in > operator group, since > > -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 192256 Dec 6 19:34 > /sbin/shutdown > > OK. But why reboot, halt (and other hardlinks) have this > permissions, when both shutdown and reboot do essentially > the same thing: ? > > -r-xr-xr-x 4 root wheel 256332 Dec 6 19:34 /sbin/reboot shutdown normally warns all the users that things are going to get shut down. halt, reboot, etc. don't do that, so you only want knowledgeable people - i.e., root - to use them. The point is probably moot on most FreeBSD systems these days, but not all, and there's no pressing reason to change it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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