Re: C8 Question

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> Il 24/01/20 15:11, Simon Matter via CentOS ha scritto:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal
>>> install and then installed XFCE from EPEL.
>>>
>>> I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted
>>> default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like
>>> "reboot"
>>> or "shutdown -h now" system will reboot/shutdown. This happens on tty
>>> console, on xfce terminal and ssh session.
>> But can you describe exactly in which situation user x can shutdown? I
>> mean, if you say via ssh connection, is it that user x is at the same
>> time
>> also logged in into XFCE desktop on the same system? Or is it also true
>> if
>> the only login to the system at this time is via the ssh connection and
>> then user x is still able to shutdown?
>>
>> I mean if user x runs the XFCE session remote on the system using ssh
>> X11
>> forwarding, NX or whatever, then user x should really NOT be able to
>> shutdown without providing the root password. That would be a nightmare
>> for multi user systems :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Simon
>>
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>
> Hi Simon,
>
> I tried on my system using XFCE, I tried with a fresh installation on vm
> without X (using minimal and server installation), inside ssh
> with/without user logged and from tty console.
>
> Try to reproduce it. Install C8 on a VM using minimal installation,
> login in as normal user an type reboot.

Well, I didn't install C8 yet but do you say that if do a fresh server
type install of C8 on a host, add an unprivileged user, login via ssh to
the user account on the host, you can reboot then?

Regards,
Simon

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