reboot works for non-priveliged user

[Kevin H. Hobbs]

On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 14:27 +0200, nodata wrote:
> Just to fix the corrector's correction:
> 
> > On 5/9/05, nodata <fedora at nodata.co.uk> wrote:
> >> This is standard. Any fedora user with shell access can reboot the
> >> machine.
> 
> This bit is true.
> 
> >> For RHEL, only root can.
> >
> > Uhm. No. This is incorrect. User must have console access to reboot a
> > machine. Don't make stuff up, please.
> 

Maybe this would be clearer with a distinction between local and remote
access.  Users with physical access to the power cord may as well be
able to reboot the machine.  Remote users do not have this ability.

[kevin at gargon ~]$ ssh lobster
Last login: Fri Apr 22 15:50:47 2005
[kevin at lobster ~]$ reboot
reboot: must be superuser.
[kevin at lobster ~]$
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