Max Pyziur wrote: > > Greetings, > > > I've been running fedora ain various releases for several years and just > noticed that when working lcally I can invoke poweroff and reboot as > non-superuser, while remotely I cannot. Any guidance as to what controls > this? > > Thanks! > > Max Pyziur > pyz@xxxxxxxxx > I believe it is controlled by PAM. Specifically auth required pam_console.so in /etc/pam.d/halt. There are many things that are allowed for a user logged in on the local console that are not allowed when logged in remotely. It makes sense to let the local user do a shutdown - better a controlled shutdown then pulling the plug or hitting the reset switch. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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