Le Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:49:53 +0200
Mpiktas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit:

> now  after I choose shutdown gdm
> asks me for a root password. I know it, but my  wife will know it only
> over my dead body:) Yet she sometimes need to shutdown  the computer.
> Security is good. But let's face it this is ridiculous. If I use 
> gnome I use computer as desktop, not a server. So I shutdown it for
> the night.  And such a simple operation has become even harder. Or I
> have misconfigured  something? I let dpkg overwrite my old gdm config
> file.

I faced the same problem, and found the solution : you should run
gdmconfig as root, and in the security panel uncheck the � secure system
menu � and everything will be back as normal.

Now we can discuss whether or not it should be checked by default...

Julien


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