In /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc: the AllowShutdown entry appears in the
sections

[X-*-Greeter]
AllowShutdown=Root
...
[X-:*-Greeter]
AllowShutdown=All

instead of

[X-*-Core]
AllowShutdown=Root
...
[X-:*-Core]
AllowShutdown=All

The result is that kdm assumes the entry is missing and defaults to

[X-*-Core]
AllowShutdown=All
...
[X-:*-Core]
AllowShutdown=All

thereby allowing any user on a *remote* X display to shut down or reboot
the machine without having to supply the root password.


This bug is present in kdebase-3.0.1-10mdk.i586.rpm (latest Cooker
release).


[ I tried to use Bugzilla to report this, but the Bugzilla system is
unusable for many different reasons. ]

Michael Brown
http://www.fensystems.co.uk


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