possible evdev issue?

[shmuel siegel]

Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 02:30:05PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>   
>> I suppose the logic is that it's
>> equivalent to hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del or the hard reset button, however it
>> also means a remote user could reboot the system without a root
>> password, which seems strange to me.
>>     
>
> Did you try?  With a remote login on a non-root account of a Fedora
> box I see:
> $ reboot
> reboot: Need to be root
>
> In general "the console owner", and with a remote login you are
> surely not in that category, is able to do various things not
> permitted to others.
>
>    Michal
>
>   
Actually, if the remote user is logged in as the same user as the 
"console owner", reboot still works. At least for me on F10.