How to make shutdown on login screen available to anyone

lgoodman · 08-27-2007, 12:07 PM

On SLES10 (gdm) how do I give anyone permission to shutdown the machine from the login screen? I've tried modifying the /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager file from DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN="root" to "all" as well as modifying the Local Security settings in YaST (Shutdown Behavior of KDM: All Users) but to no avail.

reddazz · 08-28-2007, 05:19 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ.

Have you tried running gdmsetup or editing gdm.conf.

lgoodman · 08-28-2007, 08:40 AM

I had run gdmsetup but didn't see anything that would configure the login screen shutdown/reboot command permissions. When I edited the gdm.conf file I found the "AllowShutdown" and "SecureShutdown" which fixed the problem.

Thanks for your help!