Re: [POSSIBLE GRAVE SECURITY HOLD]
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:02:43PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Thierry Laronde wrote:
> > That's very curious. In your mail, you have answered to all the paragraphs,
> > execpt one that you have... hided (the one about the /etc/shutdown.allow).
> >
> > As someone pointed, this was easy to address, and I don't see why this is
> > controversial.
> >
> > So now, I'm looking at my debian, and I wonder. What else do they hide ?
>
> Stop spreading FUD.
>
> joey@kite:/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking>grep shutdown /etc/inittab
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
> joey@kite:/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking>man shutdown | grep -- -a
> /sbin/shutdown [-t sec] [-arkhncfF] time [warning-message]
> -a Use /etc/shutdown.allow.
You missed the point : I was answering the previous mail and was speaking
about... the subject, the not widely known feature of the MBR.
BTW, the /etc/shutdown.allow is a lack by default.
But please :
Don't stop spreading INFORMATION ;)
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Thierry LARONDE <thierry.laronde@polynum.com>
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