[6.3] Assigning "shutdown" to eg. Syst?

Mike Clarke jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk
Tue Dec 23 10:36:08 UTC 2008


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


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