From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040116 Description of problem: We have a problem with non-priveleged users accidentally rebooting server machines by typing "reboot" into the wrong shell window. We traced this to the pam configuration of the usermode package: apparently, if any user logged into the console types "reboot" (or "halt" or "shutdown"), the system immediately reboots without asking for confirmation, without asking for a root password. This behaviour is very surprising, is highly undesirable and should be fixed. At the very least, the user should be prompted for confirmation of such a drastic action as a reboot. Ideally, only root users should be allowed to reboot machines from the command prompt. Non-root users should log out and select the "reboot" option in the graphical login screen. K.O. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): usermode-1.67-2, 1.69-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. login as a normal user into the graphical X11 console 2. open a shell window 3. type "reboot" Actual Results: The machine unexpectedly reboots. Expected Results: The user should be asked for confirmation or asked for the root password. Additional info:
Fedora Core 1 is maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thanks! NOTE: Fedora Core 1 is reaching the final end of support even by the Legacy project. After Fedora Core 6 Test 2 is released (currently scheduled for July 26th), there will be no more security updates for FC1. Please use these next two weeks to upgrade any remaining FC1 systems to a current release.
Closing per lack of response. Also note that FC1 and FC2 are no longer supported even by Fedora Legacy. If this still occurs on FC3 or FC4, please assign to that version and Fedora Legacy. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version.