2008/4/25 Christopher Mocock <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Mustafa Qasim wrote: > > > Dears lets consider some child at your home on someone else who didn't > have user account on ur system or on that particular OS accidentally turn on > the computer or boots into the OS where he doesn't hold any account to > login. Now how he can safely reboot your machine without logging in. Here > the Shutdown & Restart buttons provides the facility to safely shutdown or > restart ur OS. > > > > I tend to agree. Similarly, it seems that a normal user can "reboot" from > the command line, but not "poweroff". I would have thought reboot and > poweroff would be root-only. > > Obviously this decision has been made for some reason but I can't quite see > it at the moment. > > -- > Chris Mocock > > chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.wavestore.com > Office: +44 (0) 208 756 5456 > Mobile: +44 (0) 7967 321 628 > > Wavelet Technology Ltd., Unit 1 Hayes Metro Centre, Springfield Road, > Hayes, Middlesex UB4 0LE > > The contents of the e-mail and any attached files are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. > If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in > error, you are advised that the subsequent use, dissemination, forwarding, > printing or copying of any part of the e-mail is strictly prohibited. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > in anycase any user can press the power button or unplug the system, so there is no safety reason to have only root options. My two cents -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
