Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 831037
gdm will not allow shutdown, unless /tmp is mounted as exec
Last modified: 2013-08-01 06:13:23 EDT
Description of problem: I have a rather specific partition layout, where /tmp and /var/tmp are mounted as noexec for security reasons. After installing Fedora17, I noticed that GDM did not allow shutting down the computer. If I remounted /var/tmp as exec, GDM would then prompt me for the root password. If I remounted /tmp as exec, it would successfully shutdown. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-3.4.1-1.fc17 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Logout from your WM of choice. 2. Power icon -> Power Off. 3. Ctrl+Alt+F3 and login as root 4. mount -o remount,exec /tmp && exit 5. Ctrl+Alt+F2 6. Power icon -> Power Off. Actual results: The first time Power Off is selected, nothing happens. After remounting /tmp as executable, selecting Power Off causes the computer to shutdown. Expected results: Selecting Power Off should work, irregardless of whether /tmp or /var/tmp are executable or not. Additional info:
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