Bug 18378

Summary:	shutdown in usermod
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <wowx>
Component:	usermode	Assignee:	Jindrich Novy <jnovy>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0	CC:	dr, pknirsch
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-05 03:41:40 UTC

shutdown that comes with usermod still allows any user to shutdown a
system? 
Fixed in other RH version but it still in RH7.0 , so is this a bug or a
feature?

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-10-05 18:28:42 UTC

Are these users logged in at the console when they shut the machine down?  If
so, then it is working as designed (given shutdown and a power switch, shutdown
is preferable).  If the user is not logged in at the console and can shut the
machine down, it is a security bug.

Comment 2 Jindrich Novy 2004-09-16 10:34:41 UTC

[anyuser@machine anyuser]$ shutdown
shutdown: you must be root to do that!

Closing this.

cheers,
Jindrich