On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 20:40 -0500, Roby wrote: > Gabriel wrote: > > > Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer > > from gnome?... > > I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any. > > > > > > Any idea? > > > I don't use gnome, but here's one way. If /etc/sudoers includes: > > username ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt > > and the shutdown calls sudo halt
Another: gdm is a startup script, so it's running as root. And it starts gnome, so that is too. So when you log out, you're talking to root?? -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG ID: D0D7FF20 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
