----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:58 Subject: Re: GUI login screen.
> Ken Gilmour wrote: > > Well i think the best solution to get around this is to setup a normal user account... then edit the /etc/passwd file and set that person with root permissions so as soon as they login theyre automatically made root. > > > > > Umm, no. That means you're still capable of doing nasty things to your > system. It's much better to use "su" or "sudo" to do root-type things, > or if we're still talking about rebooting/shutdowns from the GUI login > manager (gdm, kdm, etc), to configure that login manager to allow > non-root access to these functions. > > -- > Kent > Ok. Could you give me a file name, command, or doc to explain the rebooting/shutdown in gdm. Regards; Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
