On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:30:23 -0800 Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Has anyone set up lightdm? I'm using it with the default config > >>> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log. gdm > >>> works fine. Any ideas? > >>> > >>> - Grant > >> > >> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to > >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. I had to emerge > >> xterm to make it work BTW. > >> > >> - Grant > >> > >> > > You can type reboot or shutdown for the user then the root password > > and it will do as you requested. > > The problem there is sharing the root password on multi-user systems. > > - Grant > do your $MAGIC in /etc/sudoers so users can run sudo shutdown -h now and no need to share root passwords -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
