Bug 151462

Summary:	Requests root password for Shutdown and Reboot
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Stephan Binner <stbinner>
Component:	KDE	Assignee:	E-mail List <kde-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	joe, michel.munnix
Version:	Beta 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Stephan Binner 2006-02-16 11:20:59 UTC

kdm requests root password for shutdown and reboot options in 10.1 Beta 3.95. I hear it should only do so on SLES product.

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2006-02-16 13:11:28 UTC

please check the submitted SuSEconfig.kdm3

Comment 2 Dirk Mueller 2006-02-17 15:24:19 UTC

*** Bug 151827 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Rasmus Plewe 2006-02-17 18:08:58 UTC

Probably not really my problem (since we have journaling file systems, so I don't suffer much if someone at my home simply powers off because they don't have the root password), but to require the root password for shutting down the computer, especially on a desktop, is asking for a lot of complaints. I do hope you're prepared to handle the bugzilla-load...

There is an implicit security issue here, though: This policy provokes a wider spreading of the root password than neccessary, which is normally not wanted.

Comment 4 Stephan Binner 2006-02-17 19:32:00 UTC

*** Bug 151883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2006-02-17 19:34:43 UTC

Rasmus: #144356 !

Comment 6 Rasmus Plewe 2006-02-17 21:21:56 UTC

Coolo: I didn't reopen the bug, so I didn't ask for action. I read #144356, I understood the descision, and I disagree. So I documented my disagreement (probably in the wrong bug, but so what?), and that's it.

Comment 8 michel munnix 2006-02-21 15:58:31 UTC

Could you please comment on bug #144356, I am not allowed to read it.

Why not work as root, so you don't have to enter the password to shutdown ...
Just a joke.

Besides, if I switch to console mode, I can stop the system with ctr-alt-del.
so it shouldn't ask roots password if ctrl-alt-del action is to halt or reboot.

Comment 9 Stephan Binner 2006-02-22 19:13:29 UTC

SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta 5 doesn't ask for root password for reboot/shutdown.

Comment 10 Christoph Thiel 2006-03-08 14:26:55 UTC

test build 606 (SUSE Linux 10.1 installation) ask for a pass again.

Comment 11 Stephan Kulow 2006-03-09 11:13:52 UTC

work around submitted for beta8 - the reason why this would happen is still unclear though