16.11.2002 00:14:34, Levi Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On November 15, 2002 03:31 pm, Llies Meridja wrote: > >> No it does not work, first when I choose GNOME session and do >> ctrl+alt+del nothing happens, then when I log to KDE session and do >> ctrl+alt+del I get system guard! > >Did you try Nate's advice? Log in, open a terminal (xterm, for example), >then do as he says: > >> once logged in do 'su' and input the root password when prompted, >> then issue the 'halt' command to halt the system. >> > > >If you don't like logging in as root whenever you shut down, you could give >your userid permission to do some commands as root: > >1) Type "su" in a terminal to log in as root >2) visudo >3) move to the bottom of the file, and type "i" to enter insert mode >4) type the line (Replace username with your username): > >username ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/poweroff > >5) <ESC> :wq to exit >6) Now your regular user can type /sbin/halt to poweroff. Additionally, you >could put the following line in your user's /home/username/.bashrc file: > >alias halt="/sbin/halt"
shouldn't that read alias halt="sudo /sbin/halt" or even better alias halt="/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/halt" > >OR, > >alias anynicknameIwant="/sbin/halt" > >(with the editor of your choice, or using vi filename and the same "insert" >and save & quit commands as visudo) > >7) From then on, your regular user can shut down just by typing "halt" into >a shell. You could even make an icon or menu item to do it. > >You might want to add other commands in visudo, like /usr/bin/xcdroast (for >writing CDs). > >Hope this helps, >Levi - Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
