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Bug 445723 - gnome shutoff issues
Summary: gnome shutoff issues
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 444552
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: jmccann
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-08 19:04 UTC by Josh Lange
Modified: 2015-01-14 23:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-09 00:25:35 UTC
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Description Josh Lange 2008-05-08 19:04:46 UTC 
Description of problem:
in the version of gdm shipping with rawhide, disabling the shutdown/reset/etc
buttons through the /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_restart_buttons does not
prevent gnome from shutting down the system


Actual results:
The buttons properly disappear from the gdm menu,
but once a user logs in, they can still shutdown the system

Expected results:
Gnome should be barred from disabling shutdown.

Notes:
This is offers a potential avenue to DoS a system.
Comment 1 Josh Lange 2008-05-08 19:06:45 UTC 
Whoops:

Expected results:
Gnome should be barred from shutting down the system.
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-05-08 19:26:31 UTC 
Hi, I believe shutdown is managed by policy kit.

if you install PolicyKit-gnome and run /usr/bin/polkit-gnome-authorization and
set Active Console to "no" for "Restart the system" and "Stop the system" in the
consolekit policy, does it work?
Comment 3 Josh Lange 2008-05-08 20:58:04 UTC 
Hmm, I see that you are right, though its a bit quirky.

1. The shutdown option doesn't disappear from the system menu once all
shutdown-like options are disallowed (hal.hibernate..reboot..etc and
consolekit.stop..reset). This means that there is no longer any way to remove
this menu item from the gnome panel. (annoyance, really)


2. if you attempt to shut down you are given an error. If you do it again, you
are given the same error 2 times,...etc (totally doesn't matter)
Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-05-09 00:25:35 UTC 
ah yes, we already have a bug for that.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 444552 ***
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