Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:36:05 +0000 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [6.3] Assigning "shutdown" to eg. Syst? Message-ID: <200812231036.05674.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081223203507.Y29108@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20081222195940.A4A4B1065697@hub.freebsd.org> <4950a974.ZI/PaBzEBmLh8NkL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20081223203507.Y29108@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Ian Smith wrote: > Doesn't sound too risky if Gilles trusts him enough to run shutdown > :) For a desktop there's no logic in restricting the shutdown command to only trusted users anyway. An untrusted user can't be prevented from shutting down by pulling the plug, far better to let (and encourage) him use shutdown instead -- Mike Clarke
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200812231036.05674.jmc-freebsd2>