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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] non-sudo way for user to run shutdown -h now? (or any equivalent)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:17:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42DEBF64.8060801@asmallpond.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0507201106217db34a@mail.gmail.com>

Mark Knecht wrote:

>I don't know how this is much of a security issue for me, but then
>again I don't know much about security, and I suppose it could be if
>someone plugs a keyboard in and wants to cause some harm. Shame on
>them, but good of you to consider it.
>  
>

It isn't.  I mostly included the info so people wouldn't flame me for 
suggesting a setuid shell script in the first place... ;->

Cheers,

-Richard

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-20 21:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-20 17:29 [gentoo-user] non-sudo way for user to run shutdown -h now? (or any equivalent) Mark Knecht
2005-07-20 17:47 ` Richard Fish
2005-07-20 18:06   ` Mark Knecht
2005-07-20 19:16     ` Wade Brown
2005-07-20 21:15       ` Richard Fish
2005-07-20 21:17     ` Richard Fish [this message]
2005-07-21  1:49     ` Iain Buchanan
2005-07-20 20:05 ` Rafer

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