On 21 Apr 2006, at 07:22, Vaenthan Thiru wrote:

> Another couple of suggestions for issues I often encounter:
>
> 1.  Include reboot/shutdown items in the menu, at least for the  
> root user.  If not the root user, check if it is a local login (not  
> over X), then prompt user for root password.

This is currently configurable in GDM's configuration file (on for  
all users, or off for all users).  The UI spec suggests it would be  
better if access was role-based (in addition to the master on/off  
setting), which I guess is similar to your suggestion.

Brian tried to get us to tell him how we wanted it to work (as he's  
the community maintainer too), but we never really finished that  
conversation :/

> 2.  Include menu items for reboot and shutdown in dtlogin.

Again, if you use GDM, you'll see these if the relevant option is set  
in the configuration file.  I'm not sure what the situation is with  
dtlogin though.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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