Is there a way to disable the Switch User option from a locked screen on Fedora 15? I've tried this way, but no luck, since gconf-editor has no effect.
- Is there a special reason why you want to disable this option?jofel– jofel2012-03-14 13:36:08 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 13:36
- @jofel others can shutdown the machine or log in while I have it locked.slybloty– slybloty2012-03-14 13:56:01 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 13:56
- 1Shutdown is usually forbidden by polkit if more than one user is logged in. And as Linux is a multi-user system, there should be no (security) problem, if multiple users are logged in.jofel– jofel2012-03-14 14:07:54 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 14:07
- But if someone logs in as root and runs or sudos a shutdown command, won't that override the multiple user restriction?FloppyDisk– FloppyDisk2012-03-14 17:03:00 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 17:03
- @FloppyDisk It doesn't matter if root does it. My concern is about anybody else.slybloty– slybloty2012-03-14 19:27:50 +00:00Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 19:27
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I found 2 ways of doing this. Both involve XScreenSaver.
Either deactivate or uninstall gnome-screensaver and start the XScreenSaver (install if needed), or switch to Xfce which is using it.
XScreenSaver can easily be controlled and configured to disable the switch user feature.