Shutdown and Reboot override

[kristian.hermansen at gmail.com (Kristian Hermansen)]

On 3/27/07, Rusty Shackleford <rusty at brownzilla.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to override a reboot if another user issues it?  I have been
> working on a machine where multiple people are logged in as root or have the
> ability to and most of them act as if they are the only ones on the system
> and reboot and shutdown the machine.  If not override could I push out the
> time until it goes down?  I have been searching around for it and the few
> places that I saw that mention it say no but I thought I would throw it out
> there.

Since you got root, subvert it by changing /etc/inittab or (if using
Ubuntu's upstart) /etc/event.d/rc6...
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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