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Re: [SLE] how to make: require root password to shutdown / normal user cannot shutdown
  • From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:25:30 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <44F18122.5000606@xxxxxxxxxx>
张韡武 wrote:
> Hello. I miss the good old days on almost every Linux that normal users
> cannot shutdown the machine. I have a SuSE 10.1 installation which has
> to be on for all the time. Every user go to click 'Desktop' -> 'Logout',
> then, instead of given this dialog:
> gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/logout_prompt_1.png
> This dialog is given:
> gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/logout_prompt_2.png
>
> What I want is dialog 1. What I have is dialog 2.
>
> Can I achieve it?
>

My Chinese isn't very good, so those pictures don't tell me much,
however you can configure the KDE desktop to requires root password for
shutdown & reboot. You can also change the permissions for /sbin/halt.


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