halt/shutdown permissions

1999-09-11 Thread Garrett Wollman
< Isn't it inconsistent behavior that a non-root user can reboot or shutdown > the machine with 'shutdown', yet only root can use 'halt' and 'reboot'? No, not at all. Operators can shut the machine down gracefully, but only wheels can shut the machine down ungracefully. Makes perfect sense to m

halt/shutdown permissions

1999-09-11 Thread Adam Wight
Isn't it inconsistent behavior that a non-root user can reboot or shutdown the machine with 'shutdown', yet only root can use 'halt' and 'reboot'? -Adam Wight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message