>> Why is /sbin/shutdown setuid root on 1.6 and -current?  (I haven't checked
>> any other versions.)  The code ensures that it's running as root, which 
>> is reasonable -- but if it's setuid, it always will be.
>> 
>> (I agree that on single-user machines, it's a reasonable thing to do.  
>> But the owner can do that on a per-machine basis.)
>
>It's also only executable by group operator:
>
>	-r-sr-xr--  1 root  operator  270144 Aug  4 01:14 /sbin/shutdown*
>
>so operator folk can reboot the computer.

always was, afaict.  the only thing that change recently (in '97) was
read permission being added for "other".  i have no idea why.

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