On 12/17/05, Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer from
gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
For those that don't know. gdm runs as root, yes. And so does x.org.
They have to if they are
Glenn English wrote:
On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 21:15 -0300, Gabriel wrote:
So you mean that whenever I use Gnome I'm running with root
permissions?
No. When you log in, you're you. It's gdm that runs as root.
Do 'ps aux | grep gdm' and look at the username.
if I log in CLI as non-root
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:19:45AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
[...]
if I log in CLI as non-root user, run startx, then what does gdm run as?
root again? just curious.
Running startx should not start gdm at all - unless you have a very
odd .xinitrc indeed.
signature.asc
Description:
Glenn English wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 20:40 -0500, Roby wrote:
Gabriel wrote:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer
from gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
I
On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 21:15 -0300, Gabriel wrote:
So you mean that whenever I use Gnome I'm running with root
permissions?
No. When you log in, you're you. It's gdm that runs as root.
Do 'ps aux | grep gdm' and look at the username.
That's not possible, I cannot think about a worst
Jon Dowland wrote:
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:11:43PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
And please, I know sometimes happens, but send the replys to the list.
That's why we all should add a reply-to field on the messages we send
to the list. (although I forgot to do this with this message :-P)
No, we
Gabriel wrote:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer
from gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
I don't use gnome, but here's one way. If /etc/sudoers includes:
username ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt
and the
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 20:40 -0500, Roby wrote:
Gabriel wrote:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer
from gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
I don't use gnome, but here's one way. If /etc/sudoers
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:11:43PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
And please, I know sometimes happens, but send the replys to the list.
That's why we all should add a reply-to field on the messages we send
to the list. (although I forgot to do this with this message :-P)
No, we shouldn't :) See
Why I don't need to supply the root password to
shutdown the computer from gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
--
Cheers
--
Gabriel Parrondo
Linux User #404138
"In theory there's no difference between the theory and the practice. In the
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:38:35AM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer
from gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
Do you have gdm installed? When I used KDE, if you had kdm installed it
Paolo Pantaleo wrote:
2005/12/17, Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer from
gnome?...
I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.
Any idea?
--
Cheers
--
Gabriel Parrondo
Linux User #404138
"In
12 matches
Mail list logo
