On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:22:02PM -0800, Nick Dreyer wrote: > When I initially got my gnome desktop up and running (default debian 3.1r1 > install), I was glad to see that it would not let you shut the system down > without asking for root's password. > > Something has happened since then - I have no idea what - that causes the > shutdown sequence to start of immediately when initiated from a desktop > session (Actions --> Log Out --> Shut down) without requiring root's > password. > > Can anyone help me find out what happened, and how to restore the (to me) > important shutdown password security measure? > > Thanks so much in advance for your help. > > Nick Hi Nick, I think, that the first place to check is the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file to see that it has: SecureSystemMenu=true Simo -- :r ~/.signature
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