Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:54:15 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Tolpin Vladimir" <tolpin@chat.ru> Subject: Re: Shutdown Message-ID: <199811111521.KAA00868@laker.net>
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:38:48 +0300, Tolpin Vladimir wrote: >Thank you very much Steve. First solution of shutdown problem ( user >shell -> /sbin/halt ) >was what I just need. Thank`s for your help. I really think the second solution is better for a couple reasons. 1. A UserID like shutdown won't tell you who really invoked shutdown 2. Solution 1 has a possible security hole via Control-C Solution 2 will result in a entry in the shutdown log with the real UserID and there is no security hole, AFAIK. Solution 2 also allows the user to specify shutdown at a specified time or fifteen minutes from now. Man page has more info. Solution 1 shuts down right now. If you used /sbin/shutdown with Solution 1, you could hardcode a time, such as +15 in the passwd file, but that's not as flexible as doing it from the command line. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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