changing from gdm to kdm. How?

[Kam Leo]

On 1/21/07, Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>Can you tell me what is the preferred
> Fedora-method
> oldman wrote:
> >>>>>>>to switch from gdm to kdm?
> >>
> >>Kurt
> >
> > This is what I assumed, that a person wanting to
> make
> > the switch from
> > gdm to kdm probably was using KDE and that using the
> > redirection switch
> > from cat would reverse that decision (by deleting
> the
> > existing file and
> > that using the concatenate switch would let him keep
> > the KDE desktop.
> > So How about it Rob is your problem fixed?
>
>
> No not yet.
> First of all, I use XFCE (so neither Gnome, nor KDE).
> Upon X logout, I get the the confirmation screen
> whether I really want to logout, but also buttons
> to restart or shutdown the PC; the last part I want
> to block for regular users, but that seems to be
> nearly impossible in Fedora....
>
> I hoped that the KDM login manager also has this for
> logout, but that does not seem to be the case, unless
> you use also KDE as the session manager.
>
> I really have to disable the possibility that a
> regular user accidentally shutsdown the system,
> no matter what desktop manages he/she is using.
> How can that be done in Fedora?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.

Take a look at the Configuring Console Access,
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/ref-guide/s1-access-privileges-console-access.html