Bug 6306 - users other than root can shutdown machine remotely
Summary: users other than root can shutdown machine remotely
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: pam
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Cristian Gafton
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Reported: 1999-10-24 15:46 UTC by bojordan
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-25 16:56:32 UTC
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Description bojordan 1999-10-24 15:46:33 UTC 
On at least two default RedHat 6.1 install with all
packages, when shutting down from a user other than root
that user's password is accepted in order to proceed with
shutdown, rather than the root password.

Feel free to contact me for further information.

Bo Jordan
bojordan
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-25 15:27:59 UTC 
Is that user currently logged in at the console?
Comment 2 bojordan 1999-10-25 15:58:59 UTC 
That is correct.  Upon further examination, a user (other than root)
not logged into console is not able to shutdown on these machines.
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-25 16:10:59 UTC 
What do /etc/pam.d/shutdown and
/etc/security/console.apps/shutdown say?
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