possible evdev issue?

[Michal Jaegermann]

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