In my mission to make my LFS distro "seamless" for the other, less
'computer/Linux' savvy <BBG,LOL> members of my family, I've been
experimenting with various window and session managers. I'm most
familiar with Window Maker and ROX-Session. Each of these has an "Exit"
menu on which one can select "Logout, Shutdown or Restart"--or other
words that convey the same concepts. ROX uses the commands 'halt' and
'reboot,' both of which reside in /sbin. However, one needs to be root
to use them. Aside from building 'sudo,' I'm wondering how I could get
the init system to listen/look for the button selection and then run
'init 0' or 'init 6.' This is, in fact how I shutdown now--> su to root
and then run the command I want.
I know that bash scripting will not change to root, so I think I must
put something in the init scripts. I just don't know where to start.
If sudo is the way to go, please let me know. Otherwise, I'd love to
hear some ideas.
Thanks,
Dan
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