Wish: Show warning dialog when shutting down PC and another user logged in
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 6.10.
There is no warning dialog, when user wants to shut down/restart PC, and another user is currently logged in. Therefore, all unsaved work of the second user is inevitably lost.
Example scenario:
User Alice logs in. She does some work. After a while, user Bob comes and demands access to the computer. Alice uses the "Switch user" function, so she doesn't have to save and end all work right now.
Bob logs in. He does some work. After he finishes, he forgets about Alice and chooses to "Shut down".
All Alice's work is lost. Nothing has warned Bob that Alice is also currently logged in.
Technical note:
The warning dialog probably would not be required/desired to guard every console and remote connection of other users, but it certainly should guard graphical logins into Gnome.
Microsoft operating systems have this feature and users anticipate the same in Ubuntu.
Please, do not move this issue into enhancement wishlist. This is a bug, because it is something any modern multi-user OS can't be without. Missing of this feature *is* a bug. I have just lost a good amount of work by playing the Alice role involuntarily, so in my point of view, it is a really serious issue.
Changed in gnome-session: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Thanks for the report.
I appreciate the gravity of your situation and that you find this inconvienent. However, it is not a bug but a feature request and as such you should treat it as one. If you strongly desire to have such a feature implemented submit a specification for it.
First check whether the idea is already registered <https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +specs>, and if so, contact the specification's drafter about your ideas. Otherwise, you can start writing a spec yourself. <https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/FeatureSpec ifications>
I agree with you completely that this would be a very handy tool, however this is just the wrong means of getting it acknowledged or implemented.