Following up on 'DE doesn't let user shutdown/reboot'. I wrote:
> I've heard of some DE glue not working if you lack PolKit and/or upower > _by default_, but can't remember details. It was something like XFCE4's > shutdown graphical controls didn't work until you retofit optional > package blahblahblah. > > And my recollection is that you can find the 'retrofit optional package > blahblahblah' tip in every case I've observed that to be findable in > five minutes of Web-searching. So, for example: http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/shutdown.html Covers KDE and XFCE4, plus shows how to create shell script '/usr/bin/reboot' (should be /usr/local/bin/reboot) and make all members of new system group 'shutdown' able to run it. Specifically for XFCE4, the key bit is (a) adding users permitted to shutdown/reboot the machine to /etc/xfce4/shutdown.allow, and (b) add a passwordless entry in /etc/sudoers for system group shutdown permitted to run XFCE app xfsm-shutdown-helper. This un-greys 'Reboot computer' / 'Turn off computer' on XFCE4's menus, that otherwise would be disabled if you lack the PolKit lobotomy. Where xfsm-shutdown-helper is located is distro-specific. E.g., on Debian it's /usr/lib/[$ARCH]/xfce4/session/xfsm-shutdown-helper, on CentOS/RHEL/Fedora /usr/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper, etc. > Personally, if a DE or WM gave me more than five minutes of trouble in > this area, I'd just fall back on the workaround that's sufficed since > dinosaur days: > > $ su - > $ shutdown -h now On reflection, I'd do it the lazy way: 1. Ctrl-Alt-F2 (switch to text console) 2. Ctrl-Alt-Del (initiate reboot). 3. Shut off computer at end of shutdown, before boot. ;-> A dock application for Window Maker called wmshutdown exists, but I personally don't bother with it. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
