Hey Brian,

On 4/4/07, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> Obviously root needs to actually run these commands and I guess the
> display-manager daemon has been a convenient place for this logic.
> It might be better to move this functionality into a separate daemon
> that works with KDE and GNOME without depending on a specific display
> manager being used.

Another way to achieve this goal is to create a D-Bus interface for
this functionality (to replace the SUP) that can be implemented by any
DM.  This is one of my goals for the gobject refactoring. [1]

> It would probably be better if GDM supported the following:
...
> - GDM should be nicer about warning you that other users are logged
>    in (say via XDMCP or virtual-terminals) before going ahead and
>    shutting down the system.

Or possibly even remotely... we should be able to do this with more
ConsoleKit integration.


Jon

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376010
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