On 2/27/19 1:54 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Looking at /etc/sudoers I see the example: > %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now > > Will this permit the Sony Vaio user to halt the laptop? I thought I had her > set up to do this but it did not work today. If the above line allows > everyone in the users group to shutdown the machine I'll modify the config > file to use it. > > TIA, > > Rich
Instead of messing with sudo, you can configure the KDE and Xfce power manager (and other DEs) to trigger a shutdown command by pressing the power button. The user needs to be in the 'power' group IIRC. -Ed
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