Bug#241456: marked as done (gdm: asks for root password if one
tries to shutdown or reboot the computer)
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From: Vaidotas Zemlys <vaze0348@uosis.mif.vu.lt>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gdm: asks for root password if one tries to shutdown or reboot the computer
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-1
Severity: normal
Tags: sid
After gdm upgrade I can not reboot or shutdown from gdm menu normally.
Gdm asks root password. As I am not the only one using the computer it's
very annoying.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.22.031105
Locale: LANG=lt_LT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.52 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.4.20 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.20 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii gnome-session 2.4.2-4 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-te 2.4.2-7 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-3 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.4.1-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.4.3-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.4.3-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.4.0.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 2.0.1-11 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.2.3-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.4.0-9 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.4.0-3 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.4.0.1-10 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.4.1-5 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnomevfs2-common 2.4.1-5 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgsf-1 1.8.2-6 Structured File Library - runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.2.4-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.8.3-2 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.76-16 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-16 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.76-16 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.2.5-2.1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-2 2.5.0-2 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libsm6 4.3.0-7 X Window System Session Management
ii libwrap0 7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 4.3.0-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxml2 2.6.7-1 GNOME XML library
ii metacity [x-window-m 1:2.6.5-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii sawfish [x-window-ma 1:1.3+cvs20031104-4 A window manager for X11
ii twm [x-window-manage 4.3.0-7 Tab window manager
ii xfwm4 [x-window-mana 4.0.3.1-2 window manager of the XFce project
ii xlibs 4.3.0-7 X Window System client libraries m
ii xterm [x-terminal-em 4.3.0-7 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1-5 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
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From: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
To: Vaidotas Zemlys <vaze0348@uosis.mif.vu.lt>,
241456-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#241456: gdm: asks for root password if one tries to shutdown or reboot the computer
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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 03:31:59PM +0300, Vaidotas Zemlys wrote:
> After gdm upgrade I can not reboot or shutdown from gdm menu normally.
> Gdm asks root password. As I am not the only one using the computer it's
> very annoying.=20
Change the "Secure Actions Menu" setting in the configuration, then. It's
been the default for the last couple of versions.
--=20
Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org)
The opinions expressed here are my own.
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