On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:06:53 -0400
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:

> Using gdm when I am at the login screen there  are two buttons --
> restart and shutdown and if you push one by accident it does the action
> without asking for any kind of password or any authentication at all --
> how do I fix this, seems like a big security hole to me.
> 
> Thanks.

Build gnome with the policykit flag set. Then you need to give permission to 
the user to shutdown or restart.
I do not know about GDM.

Have you looked in gconf-editor for a setting?

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