On 12/02/10 13:54, Christoph Pleger wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:29:06 +0000 > Ian Collier <Ian Collier comlab ox ac uk> wrote: > >> In Fedora 11, the command polkit-gnome-authorization could be used >> to configure (via GUI) permissions for various actions. Rebooting >> and shutting down are among those actions. > > Now, I found some files, belonging to policykit, where I can configure > that only certain users can shutdown or restart the computer. > > But I'd still like to know the exact command that is used when > someone clicks on the "shutdown" or "restart" button, because I do > not know if it's still possible to stop the computer by manually sending > a dbus message message to org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart > or similar destinations. AFAIU that is *exactly* what choosing the item in the Gnome results in, a message sent to a daemon (most likely over dbus). In other words I'd argue you've found a security hole if that is possible! /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe
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