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@@ -229,13 +229,6 @@
a random offset less than the step value. This can be used to avoid
thundering herd problems where multiple machines contact a server all
at the same time via cron jobs.
-
Introduce a new group "_shutdown". Previously the "operator"
- group gave a user the ability to shutdown(8) a system. But this group
- also comes with superuser abilities for dumping disks and manipulating
- tape drives. With this change, the permissions are separated and users
- using the shutdown/reboot functionality with group "operator" will
- notice it no longer works. They need to move themselves to the new
- group.
Extend and improve the ibuf API in libutil and add
function for more specific data types, for modifying data at specific
@@ -571,7 +564,7 @@
In malloc(3),
check all chunks in the delayed free list for write-after-free.
The shutdown(8)
- program can now only be executed by members of the
+ program can now only be executed by members of the new
_shutdown
group. The idea is that system
administrators can now remove most users from the excessively
powerful operator
group, which in particular