Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-10 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hi, |The way we have handled this at a customer installation is that |we created a user shutdown who was privileded to run shutdown. You are not the only one to suggest this... the problem with this is that it is highly insecure (well, you might say so is C-A-Del from the keyboard, but

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-09 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the machine at the Xlogin prompt under xdm. Hi. It may not be possible

Re: SECURE?? [Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X? ]

1996-10-09 Thread Philippe Troin
On Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:02:09 CDT Lukas Nellen ([EMAIL PROTECTED] u.unam.mx) wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here comes a small tcl/tk script which will appear under the xdm screen and give the opportunity to halt, reboot or go to a console session (ie kill xdm). As far as I understand

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-09 Thread Arrigo Triulzi
Hello Thomas, Thomas Baetzler scripsit: |The way we have handled this at a customer installation is that |we created a user shutdown who was privileded to run shutdown. You are not the only one to suggest this... the problem with this is that it is highly insecure (well, you might say so is

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Philippe Troin
On Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:43:00 PDT Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't know terribly much about X. Someone else please help this user. Here it comes... From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Volker Ossenkopf
: From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Hello, : : sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems : that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the : machine at the Xlogin prompt under xdm. I know this is a Good Idea : (tm) but we are running

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread J.A.vanderMost
I don't know terribly much about X. Someone else please help this user. Thanks Bruce From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the machine

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the machine at the Xlogin prompt

SECURE?? [Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X? ]

1996-10-08 Thread Lukas Nellen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here comes a small tcl/tk script which will appear under the xdm screen and give the opportunity to halt, reboot or go to a console session (ie kill xdm). As far as I understand TCL/Tk, those script give everybody with access to the screen immediate root access. As far

Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-07 Thread Bruce Perens
I don't know terribly much about X. Someone else please help this user. Thanks Bruce From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-07 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
From: Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the machine at the Xlogin prompt under xdm. I know this is a Good Idea (tm) but we are running dual-boot