Re: [CentOS] unprivileged users rebooting at console

On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 08:20:31AM +1200, Cliff Pratt wrote:

How are you rebooting? What groups are you in? From the command line? When I try this on Ubuntu (don't have a RHEL/CentOS here) I get "Have to be root" if I issue the /sbin/reboot command as an ordinary user.

Cheers,

Cliff

Please try not to top post.

Ubuntu and Debian require authorization to reboot. RedHat based distributions don't under various circumstances.

I don't know what most other distributions do, the BSDs don't allow it, nor does ArchLinux.

Whether it's something that's always been this way or just one more Fedora-ism aimed at the person fleeing Windows that made its way into RH, I have no idea.