On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 20:04 +0200, shmuel siegel wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 18:18 +1100, David Timms wrote: > > > >> Tom Horsley wrote: > >> > >>> typing "sudo reboot" in a terminal, then I find my > >>> > >> On my machine I don't need the sudo bit; reboot from my normal user just > >> works. Perhaps the sudo part makes it nastier ? > >> > > > > Does it ask for the root password? If so, it's the same as using sudo. > > If not, something is seriously broken in your system. > > > > poc > > > > > Well I also never type sudo for reboot. Also the system menu lets me > reboot without asking for a password. I thought that this was a feature > of Fedora, the master console can issue a reboot command. You're both right. I just tried it and to my astonishment it worked. I'd only ever done it from a root shell. I suppose the logic is that it's equivalent to hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del or the hard reset button, however it also means a remote user could reboot the system without a root password, which seems strange to me. poc -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
