Joerg: > Calum's comment has the key phrase: the best option would be to show > these items only if the user has the necessary permission to do this > things. (There should still be the option to switch off altogether.)
If Reboot/Shutdown is turned on in GDM, then *all* users have the ability to reboot and shutdown the machine. Just logout and click on the "Shutdown" or "Reboot" button on the login screen. It does not matter if it shows up in the Launch menu, all users have this ability. So I don't see the benefit it turning it off in the panel *only* if the user has permission to reboot/shutdown the machine. Perhaps what you are asking for is a feature to turn on the panel items *only* if the user has permission and not show the options in GDM at all. This seems more like an RFE for the panel logic, not GDM. Brian
