On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:41:36PM -0600, tom wrote: > Should a user without root access be able (by default) to shut down a > machine? If I'm the only user, I can turn it off. It it is installed > for multiple users, the safer default is to require a password.
well even a normal user can use the power switch. so i really think the system menu shouldn't be secured for local users by default. if one is worried about other login sessions: perhaps gdm should display running sessions in its greeter and only unlock the system menu when there are no sessions left. -- CU, / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany Martin Waitz // Department of Computer Science 3 _________ ______________/// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /// dies ist eine manuell generierte mail, sie beinhaltet // tippfehler und ist auch ohne grossbuchstaben gueltig. /
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