I like the feature (and it currently works for me). I
know that you can control user access to reboot from
kdm, as long as this is not a backdoor around that I
think it is a good thing. The kdm control over reboot
is in root's mcc > logon manager
--- Digital Wokan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd rather see them removed. I've seen too many
> Windows users pick the
> wrong option from their shutdown menus to trust them
> with the same
> choice exiting Linux. For example: What if the
> company doesn't want
> its users shutting down the systems? Maybe they
> have an automated
> update or backup routine that runs after normal work
> hours. You don't
> want to new guy in accounting shutting off his
> system because that was
> his habit at his last job.
>
> Tom Berger wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 21 2001, 22:59 +0000, Digital Wokan wrote:
> > > I thought it was a permissions issue. If halt
> and reboot are available
> > > through KDE to a normal user, that means a user
> would be able to reboot
> > > any system with KDE on it.
> > >
> > ---tom:---
> >
> > They *are* available to every user via KDM's
> 'shutdown' menu (and via
> > CTRL-Alt-Del anyway). This is a bug: if you choose
> one of the system
> > options from logoff the machine goes to runlevel
> 3. If rl 5 is the
> > default runlevel, it goes to rl 5 and displays the
> KDM screen again
> > (from which you can shutdown or reboot the
> machine), if 3 is the default
> > rl, it drops you to the console but doesn't
> shutdown or reboot the
> > machine either.
> > So options are: remove these non-working options,
> or make them work :-)
> >
> > tom
> >
> > --
> > Tom Berger, Maintainer of MandrakeUser.Org,
> General Nuisance Since 1999
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> > "Is it a bad sign if you spend the day wondering
> why there are no laws against
> > what you do for a living?" (Dilbert)
>
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