Re: (resend) shutdown, reboot buttons lost from 2.10 logout
- From: "Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray" <debarshi ray gmail com>
- To: skjelnes robin no
- Cc: gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: (resend) shutdown, reboot buttons lost from 2.10 logout
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:30:30 +0530
> It could be only root should be able to shutdown or reboot the machine.
Just think of this. If you are using GDM or KDM, then you can shut down the machine without even logging into it.
Tgis is an interesting thing to ponder about, but then logically a non-root user should not be able to shutdown after starting in runlevel 5. Why is the distinction made in runlevel 3 only?
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