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From: Jonathan <winelauncher.jonathan@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnome login panel how to disable restart and shutdown buttons
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:13:27
Message-Id: 20100426171203.3a28804e@box
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] gnome login panel how to disable restart and shutdown buttons by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:06:53 -0400
2 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
3
4 > Using gdm when I am at the login screen there are two buttons --
5 > restart and shutdown and if you push one by accident it does the action
6 > without asking for any kind of password or any authentication at all --
7 > how do I fix this, seems like a big security hole to me.
8 >
9 > Thanks.
10
11 Build gnome with the policykit flag set. Then you need to give permission to the user to shutdown or restart.
12 I do not know about GDM.
13
14 Have you looked in gconf-editor for a setting?

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