Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 15:48:47 +0100 From: walter@belgers.com (Walter Belgers) To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - disallowing shutdown after su(1) Message-ID: <20011122154847.B70355@teletubbie.het.net.je> In-Reply-To: <20011122144011.50097.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com>; from hitmaster2k@yahoo.com on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 06:40:11AM -0800 References: <20011122144011.50097.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hiten Pandya wrote: > do you think, if we denied a shutdown after an su(1) > to root from a non-privileged user would be good... It would be bad for me.. I do not allow any root login anywhere. The only way to become root is to su to it. Your patch would make it impossible for me to shutdown the system. I consider logging in as root evil. You never know who it is, by using su at least you know which sysadmin is behind it. Cheers, Walter. -- Walter Belgers "Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus walter@belgers.com Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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