Asking a user for the root password and executing root only c ommands...

[Mark Charsley]

In article <aq9vpp$gd7$0 at 216.39.172.122>, bokr at oz.net (Bengt Richter) 
wrote:

> >> but by default any doorknob rattler could kick it off with 
> > ctrl-alt-del
> >> without being asked for a password. Not a cool default config IMO ;-/
> >
> >Thus providing anyone with accesss to the console's power switch a 
> more >computer-friendly way of rebooting a locked-up machine than 
> power-cycling >it.
> It's a bit too friendly for my taste ;-) I accidentally did it too many 
> times,
> because I am used to the the keying pattern to get past the locking 
> screensaver
> on my NT box, so when I turn to the linux box I just do the same if I 
> am at all
> distracted.

Ah I thought you were arguing that the three fingered salute resetting a 
linux box was a security hole. 

IMO it's at least as valid to complain about win32 changing the meaning of 
C-A-D from "reset the machine" as it is to complain about linux 
maintaining that meaning.

Mark