On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 12:37 -0600, Aaron Kulbe wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hm, this is interesting. I installed 4.2 when it became stable over the > > weekend and it has the power off or reboot grayed out. I know xfce4 4.2 > > has configure options to enable this but the ebuild doesn't show any use > > flags for it and I haven't had a chance to investigate further. Howe do I > > get it to let me do this. My user is a member of the wheel group and can > > do su -. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > >>From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: 2005/01/27 Thu AM 06:03:14 GMT > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] exiting wm xfce4 > >> > >>xfce4 version 4.2 is now stable on x86. It has options to reboot or halt > >>when you use the exit button from the panel. if you want to halt or > >>reboot you need to give your user password. > >> > >>On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 07:42 +0000, Russ Brown wrote: > >> > >>>HK wrote: > >>> > >>>>n_powell wrote: > >> > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > Having just gone through this, I know how to get it done. > > You need to install sudo, and your user needs to be configured in the > /etc/sudoers file. man sudoers will give you the info for this. > > In the /etc/sudoers file, there are options for shutdown that are > commented by default. Uncomment them and you will have access to the > shutdown/reboot options from withing XFCE4.
That would explain why I have access to that function, as my user has access to most stuff via sudo, it also explains why i need to put my user password rather than the root password. chhers, its always nice to know why stuff works! > > Aaron Kulbe > a.k.a. SuperLag on FreeNode. > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
