On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:25:59 +0200 Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 07:43:51PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting Brad Campbell (lists2...@fnarfbargle.com): > > > > > This is one I find interesting. I've never used an operating > > > system where it was required to know root credentials to halt or > > > reboot the machine from the login screen. > > > > Remember, Unix is a multiuser operating system, and also one > > supporting both local and remote users, who would be annoyed by > > someone deciding to cut them off. > > So it would be sensible to ask for root password IF there are other > (remote) users logged in. If there is no one logged in, > shutdown/reboot should be possible without entering root password. > Above heuristic could be default, with additional setting available > to always/never require root password to shutdown. /etc/slim.conf offers a lot of flexibility if you are willing to edit some additional files, or to create a tool that does it for you. Your suggestions could be implemented easily. libre Grüße, Florian _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
