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Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Monday 26 April 2010 10:06:53 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Using gdm when I am at the login screen there are two buttons -- |
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> > restart and shutdown and if you push one by accident it does the |
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> > action without asking for any kind of password or any authentication |
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> > at all -- how do I fix this |
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> Use the keyboard instead. You already have your hands on it to type your |
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> password, no? |
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> > seems like a big security hole to me. |
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> To me it seems like rational behaviour. You tell it to shut down - it |
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> shuts down. Or do you want Gnome to be like Windows and challenge every |
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> action you give it? |
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I don't want a non-root user to be able to shut the computer down -- I |
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did it my mistake and its strange to have it there anyway -- least it |
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should do is ask for the root password. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |