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Re: normal user can shut down the system



In /etc/gdm.conf, change SecureSystemMenu=false to
SecureSystemMenu=true.  This will ensure that only root can shut down
the system from the gdm menu.

-Rob

On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 21:16 +0200, Johannes Rohr wrote:
> 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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