--- sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8.foo 2005-12-20 15:14:35.000000000 -0500 +++ sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8 2005-12-20 15:15:44.000000000 -0500 @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ .\"{{{ Diagnostics .SH DIAGNOSTICS If you're not the superuser, you will get the message `must be superuser'. +Users logged in locally on the console can call \fBhalt\fP, +\fBreboot\fP, and \fBpoweroff\fP without supplying the root password, +due to pam_console (8). .\"}}} .\"{{{ Notes .SH NOTES @@ -98,5 +101,6 @@ .\"{{{ See also .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR shutdown (8), -.BR init (8) +.BR init (8), +.BR pam_console (8) .\"}}} --- sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8.haltman 2001-11-21 16:11:22.000000000 -0500 +++ sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8 2006-03-17 12:26:39.000000000 -0500 @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ .\"{{{ Options .SH OPTIONS .IP \fB\-n\fP -Don't sync before reboot or halt. +Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and storage +drivers may still sync. .IP \fB\-w\fP Don't actually reboot or halt but only write the wtmp record (in the \fI/var/log/wtmp\fP file).