On Thu, September 21, 2017 12:42 pm, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Than was my first reaction when I realized that logged in with GUI (X11) user can turn off (and on) network interfaces. Without being in sudoers file.
Would not being in sudoers prevent them from pulling the cord out? The rational for the control is well justified for users with multiple interfaces and is simply a convenience to something they could always do under any condition anyway.
Yes, I can understand the rationale as above - if it is somebody's laptop. Or someone's home computer. But it is arguable if it is centrally managed workstation. This ability to screw settings up is a pain for sysadmin if this workstation sits on common area (like library) and multiple users can access that, and even if it is workstation that is basically a single user one, but has to be managed centrally. I rest my case. Basically, all _I_ said on this sidetracked thread should be treated as enclosed into "rant" tags ;-)
Valeri
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++