Re: Shutdown w/o root password.

Paolo Pantaleo wrote: 
2005/12/17, Gabriel <nqtnn.gabo@xxxxxxxxx>:
  
 Why I don't need to supply the root password to shutdown the computer from
gnome?...
 I've been searching for any option related but didn't find any.


 Any idea?
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do not use gdm, but any other desktop manager.
Who said I use GDM?
Anyway, IMHO it isn't related to the desktop manager I use, but the Desktop Environment.
When I shutdown from the desktop manager it asks me the password, but from GNOME it just shuts down.


 
PAolo
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