On Monday 27 May 2002 14:04, Michael Brown wrote:
> 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

This applies to 8.2 with KDE 2.2.2 as well.
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