Re: Logout button in gnome?

[Jacob Berkman <jberkman andrew cmu edu>]

Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com> writes:

> Where to configure the gnome logout button? 
> 
> On one machine running redhat-rawhide and gnome I can either logout from
> X, halt or reboot as an ordinary user, just by responding with the
> user password. On another machine, running Debian/Potato and gnome the
> logout entries does NOT include the halt or reboot options. 

So there is a program in Red Hat which is suid root, like 
/usr/bin/shutdown (*not* /usr/sbin/shutdown) which provides the checking
for password then rebooting.  So the panel checks for this file, which 
accounts for the Debian && Red Hat machines to act differently.

> Being able to shut down the computer as an ordinary user is VERY
> important if it is to be used as a desktop, since then several users
> should be able to start/shut down WITHOUT knowing the root password.

GDM has a menu item for rebooting, which seems easy enough to use.

Jacob
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