Re: GUI login screen.

["Hoyt Bailey" <hoyt13@wiredok.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:09
Subject: Re: GUI login screen.


> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 at 13:52 GMT, Hoyt Bailey penned:
> > On a network I can understand why a normal used cannot shutdown the
> > system, but a single user should be able to shutdown, reboot, etc,
> > without becoming root.  This shouldnt be a big problem.
> 
> In fact, I think it's critical for a machine to which a user has
> physical access.  If the user wants to reboot the machine, no matter how
> ill-advisedly, I'd rather they use the software version than the power
> button.
> 
> 
> -- 
> monique
> PLEASE don't CC me.  Please.  Pretty please with sugar on top.
> Whatever it takes, just don't CC me!  I'm already subscribed!!
> 
& shutdown even with ext3 its still safer to do it right.
Hoyt