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Bug 71239 - gdm over remote X - shutdown local host
gdm over remote X - shutdown local host
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 71238
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.0.98
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-02-12 03:31 UTC by Mikel Ward
Modified: 2006-01-12 23:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Mikel Ward 2002-02-12 03:31:29 UTC 
I have a central gdm server and a few low-end PCs configured to act as X
terminals.  The X terminals start X then query the gdm server to log in.

I would like to have an option on the gdmlogin system menu to shutdown the
local machine, as presently this is much more cumbersome, and can only be
accomplished by:
- creating an X session and adding it to the sessions menu (then the user
would still need to log in)
- creating a user that runs some sort of remote sh/ssh command
- switching to a virtual console, logging in, and shutting down (if one has
the facility to have virtual consoles)

I would really just like a simple menu option so that ordinary computer
users that use this system are encouraged to shutdown the local machine.

I filed bug 71238 as a possible way to do this (add menu item to execute
arbitrary command from system menu).
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2002-04-01 20:26:29 UTC 
tcurtis: need /what/ info?
Comment 2 George Lebl 2002-07-09 15:26:52 UTC 
Actually this is very hard.  We have no cooperation from the "local"
machine since there's only X there.  Perhaps when gdm gets the ability
to also manage X terminals as such, there could be an XDMCP protocol
extension that would do this or something similar.
Comment 3 Alban Crequy 2004-08-23 15:48:43 UTC 
This feature request is related to the patch Bug 150849:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150849
Comment 4 Brian Cameron 2006-01-12 23:34:43 UTC 
I am closing this bug and adding a comment to bug 71238 that this would be a useful feature of arbitrary system menu commands.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 71238 ***