Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:20:42 -0800 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /sbin/reboot Message-ID: <AANLkTi=xUTsR5%2Bj%2B9enxR=kegp4=gYmy=Mre0eoUGkUS@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEvQ7amDeFE9eG%2BO9G664jXAWb9hhSt0bU%2B3DR@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinD3UZU6o-gf5J1B7CXp7DR1%2BJQvzbi9VJYmM8P@mail.gmail.com> <20101210051058.353747BF861@drugs.dv.isc.org> <AANLkTimEvQ7amDeFE9eG%2BO9G664jXAWb9hhSt0bU%2B3DR@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 21:35, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote= : > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> wrote: > >> Why would you want it to be? =A0 One really shouldn't be running /sbin/r= eboot >> directly as part of normal operations. =A0shutdown does a graceful reboo= t if >> and when operators need to perform =A0reboot. >> > > AFAIK, the only functional difference between the two is shutdown(8) > notifies other logged in users of the impending shutdown. =A0I've used > reboot(8) for a long time with no ill effects so I'd be interested to hea= r > what you meant there. =A0Since an operator can use shutdown(8) to initiat= e the > same shutdown sequence reboot(8) uses, it wouldn't seems to be a security > based decision. Shutdown runs rc.shutdown (stops all rc.d scripts). Also, halt/reboot have options like -n and -q which can disrupt things worse than an unintended clean reboot. --=20 Rob Farmer
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