On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:54, Ray Strode wrote: > Hi, > > Mark Finlay wrote: > > >I would just like to draw attention to the following bug > >because AFAIK it was problematical due to the limitiation of the XSMP > >spec and so might be relevant: > > > >http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70710 > > > > > > > Okay, so I've added a section to attempt to cover the problem mentioned > in the bug. > One thing that doesn't get handled is the fact that on some systems the > session manager > may not have sufficient rights to perform shutdowns or reboots. Would > it be a good idea > to add a mechanism for clients to be able to ask the session manager if > it is capable of > rebooting or shutting down? > I hope that any changes that will let users shutdown and/or reboot a computer from within their session comes with the provision for the system administrator to disable this so that there are no reboot and/or restart and/or shutdown menu items visible to the user. I can not perceive of any reason why a _user_ should be able to reboot or shutdown a computer. There are many occasions were this is definitely not desired. Andreas -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences Concordia University College of Alberta
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