Re: normal user can shut down the system
Am Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:30:20 +0200 schrieb Kenny Hitt:
> Hi. I'm running the Gnome 2.6 on Sarge. I just noticed a normal user
> can choose to shutdown or reboot the system on logout. How can I
> disable such a stupid feature? I'm sure this was discussed, but I can't
> find the info. Would someone please point me to a doc about this stupid
> option
For the average desktop user this feature is anything but stupid.
> and how to disable it? Since the option is on the Gnome log out
> dialog and I can't find anything about it in /etc/gdm.conf, it must be a
> part of Gnome.
The problem is that unlike KDM, gdm does not offer control over who is
allowed to shutdown/reboot. Gnome-session does not execute shutdown
by itself, it passes the request on to gdm.
So you might want to file a wishlist bug
against gdm.
Thanks,
Johannes
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