Re: shutdown from gnome logout dialog
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 09:15, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 03:33:25AM +0200, Jarno Gassenbauer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I made 2 patches for gdm and gnome-session to trigger machine
> > shutdown/reboot/suspend from the gnome logout dialog. Now gnome-session
> >
> > * opens a connection to GDM via the socket in /tmp/.gdm_socket
> > * asks GDM about which actions are available (shutdown, reboot,
> > suspend). radio buttons for actions that aren't available will
> > be set insensitive.
> > * updates the logout action variable in GDM each time you click a radio
> > button
> > * greys out the radio button (makes it unselectable), waiting for GDM's
> > acknowledge
> > * activates and makes the radio button clickable again upon GDM's
> > response. kind of visual feedback.
>
> This sounds really cool.
>
Thanks. Hope it works not only on my current setup.
The interesting part is that George fixed two DoS holes in his gdm
lately. Now gdm accepts at most 20 commands per connection. At least
this was the case in the patches he sent to me (only a few hours after
I notified him about the holes, cool!). I haven't checked if the
limit of 20 commands made it into the new 2.4.1.7 release, too.
When the gnome logout dialog shows up, it needs 5 commands just to
authenticate and to query the 4 logout actions. So the user can click
the radio buttons only 15 times, after that gdm will close the
connection and the user will be stuck with the last action he chose.
Serves him right - he shouldn't be so indecisive ;-)
(Well, theoretically he could outsmart the lockup by hitting cancel
and fireing up the logout dialog again, getting 15 more clicks)
> > I think my patches won't make it into the current debian unstable
> > because that functionality is gnome 2.6 stuff. Just posting it
> > here for the impatient, like me.
>
> Why do you think they won't ? Is there a reason not to apply them to the
> not yet existing 2.4 packages ?
>
I agree to Jeff, but I'd maintain the patch until it becomes official.
Well, at most for 10 years or so...
Best regards,
Jarno
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