On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:13:31AM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote:
> "The current console user is generally allowed to reboot the system."
> why?? isn't that a giant security hole? just from mistakes, not to
> mention malice.

What is the attack scenario you are envisioning here for this to be a
security issue?

> I just shut everything down. On reboot I logged in as dave, no apps
> running and only one user - me. typing reboot into bash restarted the
> machine.

Do you feel this is significantly different from picking "Reboot" from the
menu of a GUI environment?



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