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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019375.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019375.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4620a8b3d --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019375.html @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 - Security issiue + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mageia%202%20-%20Security%20issiue&In-Reply-To=%3C201210160513.10162.cooker%40solbu.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="019367.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="019399.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 - Security issiue</H1> + <B>Johnny A. Solbu</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mageia%202%20-%20Security%20issiue&In-Reply-To=%3C201210160513.10162.cooker%40solbu.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 - Security issiue">cooker at solbu.net + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Oct 16 05:13:05 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019367.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [6240] various optimizations from mdv svn +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019399.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 - Security issiue +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19375">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19375">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19375">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19375">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>I have a guest computer, that also operates as a file server. +Up until recent weeks, it ran Mandriva 2010.2, and various mdv versions before that. +It was configured to disallow any user except root from reboting or shutting it down. If any user managed to figure out how to shut it down, it would prompt for the root password. + +In Mageia 2 this does not work, and it creates a security issiue for me, as it is critical that this computer is always running. + +I have done the same in Mageia that I did in Mandriva: +systemsettings --> Login-screen --> Shutdown --> Allow shutdown +Select "Only Root" in Loal, and "Nobody" for remote, and press Apply. When i launch systemsettings again to check, the changes are still there. +I restart X, to have the settigns take effect. It does not change anything. Users can still reboot or shutdown the system. +When the computer is rebooted, the settings are reset to default, which is "Everybody" + +Has anyone else seen this? + +-- +Johnny A. Solbu +PGP key ID: 0xFA687324 +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: not available +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 189 bytes +Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20121016/d1993fe0/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019367.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [6240] various optimizations from mdv svn +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019399.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 - Security issiue +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19375">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19375">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19375">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19375">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |