Why are normal users allowed to shut server down?

[esnmb]

Never understood that. Anyway, how can I disable that in the login screen and just allow root shutdown access?

[gerald_clark]

Anyone sitting at the console can shut the system down by hitting the reset button, or pulling the plug.

[michaelnel]

[quote]
gerald_clark wrote:
Anyone sitting at the console can shut the system down by hitting the reset button, or pulling the plug.[/quote]

Ed Zachary!

I've never understood why people worry about configuring the login screen when with physical access, you can do anything you want.

[Grendelkeeper]

no normal user should have access to the local login screen , to the reset button or the plug?!

normally, to disable shutdown for users modify /etc/inittab:

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
#ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
ca::ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo " disabled"