Here's how I solved this The Right Way (tm), in case anyone else
searches for this and finds this thread.
On recent Fedoras (F14, F13, not sure about others) this is done by
hacking PolicyKit.
Shutdown and Restart are configured by editing
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.cons
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:07:12 -0500
Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> Thanks ! Do you happen to know how I can accomplish this part in a
> way that applies to all users at once ? (i.e., which files the panel
> relies on as a template for any new user who logs into the system) ?
You can set up the default
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 02:47:18PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> Right-click on the main menu icon on your gnome panel bar. Click "remove".
>
> Right-click on a blank spot on your gnome panel bar. Click on "add
> application" and add the logout button to your gnome panel bar.
Thanks ! Do you happen
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:40:11 -0500
Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> I fired up gconf-editor, and searched around. No "main menu"
> application, and couldn't find any entry for the 'logout' button
> either. Tried both as a regular user, and as root (ssh -X root@localhost).
>
> There is a panel/global/loc
Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I couldn't follow these
directions -- maybe I'm missing something obvious ?
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 09:56:15PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> > Can I modify F14 to require the root password when either
> > Suspend/Restart/Shutdown is selected via the Shutdown Option
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:59:31 -0500
Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> Can I modify F14 to require the root password when either
> Suspend/Restart/Shutdown is selected via the Shutdown Options
> (lower-right corner of GDM login screen), or when a user
> selects System -> ShutDown -> Suspend/Hibernate/Resta
Hi,
Can I modify F14 to require the root password when either
Suspend/Restart/Shutdown is selected via the Shutdown Options
(lower-right corner of GDM login screen), or when a user
selects System -> ShutDown -> Suspend/Hibernate/Restart/Shutdown
from the gnome-panel ?
I have a set of multi-user l
