Re: gdm and reboot

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 12/01/2004 02:10 PM, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
>     Isn't there an option on GDM to enable normal users to shutdown
> and reboot the machine?
>     It always requires the root password to do it...
>     -- Fred

Yes.  This is from my  /etc/gdm/gdm.conf  (using Sarge):

> # The Actions menu (formerly system menu) is shown in the greeter, this is the
> # menu that contains reboot, shutdown, suspend, config and chooser.  None of
> # these is available if this is off.  They can be turned off individually
> # however
> SystemMenu=true
> # The Actions in the Actions menu require the root password
> SecureSystemMenu=false

Regards,
Ralph