Bug 5102 - Securtiy bug: even normal user can reboot the machine!
Summary: Securtiy bug: even normal user can reboot the machine!
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: basesystem
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-09-13 09:19 UTC by panco
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-09-13 14:01:23 UTC
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Description panco 1999-09-13 09:19:45 UTC 
when i use the normal user to login and type in the reboot
command, the shell prompt me a "password:", but the problem
is the password is not the root one, it is the normal
user's password. After I key in the user's password, the
system reboot.

Regards,
Panco
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-09-13 14:01:59 UTC 
This is normal behavior. Look at
'man pam_console' for details.
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