On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 14:36:03 -0500
Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:13:31AM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote:
> "The current console user is generally allowed to reboot the
> system." why?? isn't that a giant security hole? just from
> mistakes, not to mention malice.
What is the attack scenario you are envisioning here for this to be a
security issue?
denial of service?
> I just shut everything down. On reboot I logged in as dave, no apps
> running and only one user - me. typing reboot into bash restarted
> the machine.
Do you feel this is significantly different from picking "Reboot"
from the menu of a GUI environment?
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