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

[Brian Cameron]

Harry:

> 	It seems recent Nevada still uses dtlogin by default. How to switch to
> use gdm?

The main reason why GDM hasn't become the default is that it does not
allow user's to "drop to console login".  Once Virtual Terminals (VT's)
are implemented in the kernel, it will be easier to make GDM the
default login program on Solaris so you don't need to switch by running
the svcadm commands.

Or perhaps at some point we will decide "drop to console" isn't
important enough of a feature to hold back the switch.  This has
been discussed, but hasn't had enough momentum to actually
inspire a switch.

Biran


> 	Thanks,
> Harry
> On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 12:42 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> 
>>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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Brian