In /etc/gdm.conf, change SecureSystemMenu=false to SecureSystemMenu=true. This will ensure that only root can shut down the system from the gdm menu.
-Rob On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 21:16 +0200, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Am Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:30:20 +0200 schrieb Kenny Hitt: > > > Hi. I'm running the Gnome 2.6 on Sarge. I just noticed a normal user > > can choose to shutdown or reboot the system on logout. How can I > > disable such a stupid feature? I'm sure this was discussed, but I can't > > find the info. Would someone please point me to a doc about this stupid > > option > > For the average desktop user this feature is anything but stupid. > > > and how to disable it? Since the option is on the Gnome log out > > dialog and I can't find anything about it in /etc/gdm.conf, it must be a > > part of Gnome. > > The problem is that unlike KDM, gdm does not offer control over who is > allowed to shutdown/reboot. Gnome-session does not execute shutdown > by itself, it passes the request on to gdm. > > So you might want to file a wishlist bug > against gdm. > > Thanks, > > Johannes > > -- > ~/.signature under construction > >
