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From: Erik <sigra@××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Prevent user from shutting off while other sessions open?
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:00:49
Message-Id: 4771607C.8030806@home.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Prevent user from shutting off while other sessions open? by Stuart Howard
1 Stuart Howard skrev:
2 > Bug seems a little harsh in the xmas season ;)
3 >
4 > Quick google brings this webpage
5 > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/KDE-GUI-Login-Configuration-HOWTO.html#s5
6 >
7 That link is about allowing only root to shut off the system. But it is
8 certainly not desirable to require that a system administrator comes by
9 whenever a user wants to shut off the computer. In the normal case, the
10 user should of course be able to shut off. Just not when there are other
11 sessions, such as a root login on virtual terminal 1, emerging
12 openoffice since over a day.
13
14 > On 25/12/2007, Erik <sigra@××××.se> wrote:
15 >
16 >> If a user tries to shut off from KDM, he gets a confirmation dialog with a list of sessions that are open. This is good. Even better would be an option to forbid shutting off when there are other sessions open.
17 >>
18 >> But inside KDE, the user can shut off without even a warning about other open sessions. This must be a bug that needs to be fixed, right?
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