Fw: gdm and reboot
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Rennie" <jrennie@csail.mit.edu>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: gdm and reboot
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 10:55:56PM -0500, Michael Spang wrote:
> > I have often wondered why exactly it defaults to requiring a password.
> > Requiring a user who has physical access to a computer root privileges
> > to shut it down seems fundamentally flawed to me--they could easily shut
> > it down by removing power. However this is potentially damaging, so it
> > seems logical to allow them to initiate a proper shutdown. Is removing
> > this limitation a security issue for remote users? Surely disabling
> > 'secure actions' won't allow a remote user to shutdown via gdm.. right?
> > Anyhow, just thought I'd throw this out there to see if anyone has a
> > good explanation. It always seemed to be a completely unncessesary and
> > potentially frustrating default. I find it especially strange since by
> > default any user can shut down once logged into gnome via gdm, but they
> > become stranded once back on the welcome screen.
>
> I agree with you. It's a stupid default. I hope they change it.
>
> Jason
>
>
> --
>>>Me too, a new debian user still trying to get his screwed up Debian
system fixed up so it works as a desktop pc with >>>simple DUN via modem
and not NIC
>>>Len
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