securing gnome logoff

Tristan Wibberley maihem at maihem.org
Sat Apr 23 14:50:18 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 14:52 +0100, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've googled for this and checked the ubuntu lists, but I can't find the
> answer I'm looking for.
> 
> I'd like to prevent users from using the options on the gnome logoff
> menu from shutting down, rebooting or hibernating the system. Local
> users will not have physical access to the power switch, cable, or mains
> socket. Nor will the kernel have SysRQ enabled.
> 
> I've also got the problem that users logged in remotely via freenx get
> the shutdown options when logging out, and they *especially* should not
> be able to shut the machine down.

Okay, they only get the options if the client is actually running
locally too. And even then the options don't work (they just log off).
But I'd still like to secure the logoff menu against local users.

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Tristan Wibberley






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