Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:11:10 +1100 From: Yudi V <yudi.tux@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimize use of root account Message-ID: <CACo--mvioXfb8Pun8C-7sbKbb7cqbtCV2C1R%2BOQwpoW-=4QGuw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnncf546.1c8b.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <CACo--mv9qU2ZwtTuZRQBpioEr%2BenT=sd-SJ79BFumZt5aL18jg@mail.gmail.com> <1455859963.3464449.525672506.6773F275@webmail.messagingengine.com> <slrnncf546.1c8b.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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> Note that group operator also grants read access to disk devices. > (The idea is that such users can run backups with dump(8).) > This effectively means read access to any and all files on those > disks, regardless of the filesystem permissions. > that's good to know, I am the only one using this server, so it is fine. But just out of curiosity, how to give a user shutdown rights without giving them read access to all the drives? -- Kind regards, Yudi
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