Re: shutdown from gnome logout dialog

[Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>]

Le lun 15/09/2003 à 21:06, Thomas Morin a écrit :

> Here is the principle I propose :
>   - at logout, gnome-session proposes the reboot and halt options to the user
>   - if halt [or reboot] is chosen, a $HOME/.gdm-halt file [or .gdm-reboot]
>     file is created
>   - in the gdm PostSession script (which is run by gdm as root), the
>     existence of those files is tested
>   - if one of them exists and if the configuration allows, shutdown
>     (or reboot) of the workstation is triggered

I see a problem with this approach: in the case of an NFS-mounted home
directory, several bad things can happen (like root not being able to
delete the user-owned .gdm-* files, or two computers rebooting when they
mount the same NFS directory). Perhaps there should be a mean to
communicate with a precise session only.

	Xav