[WBEL-users] Prevent users from shutdown

Ganeshram Iyer ganeshramiyer at gmail.com
Tue Feb 8 18:02:19 CST 2005


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:56:55 +0100, pedro cañadilla
<pedro.canadilla at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Briefly,
> 
> > Is there a way to ensure that the Shutdown/Restart options
> > are taken out from the Log Off Dialog box (Gnome desktop that came
> > with the CDs).
> Yep, start -> preferences -> more preferences -> sessions -> corfirm
> logout (you don't get the chace to restart or shutdown the machine
> when you push the logout button).
> Anyway, if your user is smart and he tries to change again, try to
> change some pam settings as it is described in the redhat docs, here:
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-pam-console.html
> 
> > Also is there a way to take these options off the
> > Log-in screen?
> Yep, start -> system configuration -> login screen (or gdmsetup from
> the command line) -> security tab -> show system menu
> 
> I hope this solves your problems.
> 
> Regards,
> P.C.
> 
Thanks so much for the replies. I really appreciate it. I will try it ASAP.
Thanks
Ganesh



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