[desktop-discuss] Do we need add 'reboot' and 'shutdown' menu for root user?

[Calum Benson]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 10:47 +0800, yandong.yao wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
>     currently there is no 'reboot' and 'shutdown' menu in jds, so
> every time i want to shutdown my machine, i need launch one terminal
> and execute some command. it is uncomfortable for novice user and even
> for many desktop user. So how about to add these menu into JDS?

Those menu items are in the UI spec, but I don't think we ever resolved
exactly how we wanted to implement them-- ideally, it should probably be
some sort of role-based access solution.

In the meantime, you can enable it for all users on your system by
editing /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf, and adding the line:

SystemMenu=true

to the [greeter] section, and restarting gdm.  This will also add the
ability to shut down and reboot from the login screen.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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