reboot works for non-priveliged user

nodata fedora at nodata.co.uk
Mon May 9 12:50:04 UTC 2005


> On 5/9/05, nodata <fedora at nodata.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On 5/9/05, nodata <fedora at nodata.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> This is standard. Any fedora user with shell access can reboot the
>> >> machine.
>>
>> This bit is true.
>
> No, it isn't.

Oops.

>
> icon at fc2:[~]$ reboot
> reboot: must be superuser.
>
> You must be confusing "shell access" with "logged in from the console."

I was mistaking "logged in from the console" as the text-mode login on
screens Ctrl+Alt+F1 onwards. I didn't realise that gnome-terminal was
equivalent to one of these. Now I do.

Thanks!




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