On July 4, 2016 11:06:28 PM GMT+02:00, Alexander Hall
wrote:
>
>
>On July 4, 2016 5:51:06 PM GMT+02:00, Bob Beck
>wrote:
>>>
>>> Thinking of it again, you could possibly just use the action
>>arguments for
>>> a more generic "execute-program" action.
>>>
>>
>>Ahhh.. are you insane? The way yo
On July 4, 2016 5:51:06 PM GMT+02:00, Bob Beck wrote:
>>
>> Thinking of it again, you could possibly just use the action
>arguments for
>> a more generic "execute-program" action.
>>
>
>Ahhh.. are you insane? The way you get a generic "execute program"
>action is to LOG IN TO THE DAMN MACHINE!
I mean, in all seriousness, what you want to do is probably more
safely accomplished by having a way for the "owner"
of the machine to configure it to just log them in without a password,
and then pop a program like xlock that locks their
screen and presents the hibernate suspend and other such bul
>
> Thinking of it again, you could possibly just use the action arguments for
> a more generic "execute-program" action.
>
Ahhh.. are you insane? The way you get a generic "execute program"
action is to LOG IN TO THE DAMN MACHINE!
Why don't you guys just make an option so someone can set up thei
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > On 2016-07-02 Sat 11:21 AM |, Bob Beck wrote:
> >> On Saturday, 2 July 2016, Craig Skinner wrote:
> >> >
> >> > xmessage is now run as '_x11', shutdown as 'operator', and the status
> >> > items as 'nobody'. Only user _x11's xmessage wind
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Craig Skinner wrote:
> On 2016-07-02 Sat 11:21 AM |, Bob Beck wrote:
>> On Saturday, 2 July 2016, Craig Skinner wrote:
>> >
>> > xmessage is now run as '_x11', shutdown as 'operator', and the status
>> > items as 'nobody'. Only user _x11's xmessage windows are pkil
On 2016-07-02 Sat 11:21 AM |, Bob Beck wrote:
> On Saturday, 2 July 2016, Craig Skinner wrote:
> >
> > xmessage is now run as '_x11', shutdown as 'operator', and the status
> > items as 'nobody'. Only user _x11's xmessage windows are pkilled.
> >
>
> Do not use nobody.
>
> that is a very bad pra
On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 01:02:57AM +0200, Alexander Hall wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 03:38:26PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:22:57PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > > Hi Alexander,
> > >
> > > On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
Do not use nobody.
that is a very bad practice. may as well call nobody NFS.
On Saturday, 2 July 2016, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> On 2016-07-01 Fri 18:01 PM |, Sebastien Marie wrote:
> >
> > It is the fact that xmessage would be run as root that worry me a bit.
> > [snip]
> >
> > No
On 2016-07-01 Fri 15:38 PM |, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>
> If you spend some time providing a set of nice resouces for xmessages
> and keep it minimalistic, I think we can include your suggestion. I've
> been waiting for other comments.
>
Thanks Matthieu.
I wasted a while making an arse of /etc/X11
Hello all,
On 2016-07-01 Fri 18:01 PM |, Sebastien Marie wrote:
>
> It is the fact that xmessage would be run as root that worry me a bit.
> [snip]
>
> Now, as xmessage(1) would be only used to provide UI to user, it should
> be possible to run it as _x11 (or other unpriviligied user). The usefu
On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 03:38:26PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:22:57PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > Hi Alexander,
> >
> > On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
> > >
> > > 1. xmessage has an sometimes useful, but in general awful, interface.
> >
> >
Hi Patrick,
On 2016-07-01 Fri 10:38 AM |, patrick keshishian wrote:
>
> Only comment I (as a user) have, has to do with liking the
> default look as-is.
Same for me. It's not pretty, but it's in keeping with the rest of the
landscape. Some CSS type guru could refashion the whole thing.
> I like
On 2016-07-01 Fri 18:01 PM |, Sebastien Marie wrote:
>
> It is the fact that xmessage would be run as root that worry me a bit.
Good point Sebastien.
> Now, as xmessage(1) would be only used to provide UI to user, it should
> be possible to run it as _x11 (or other unpriviligied user). The usefu
On 2016-07-01 Fri 14:22 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
> >
> > Maybe just add a button or two to the xdm login panel instead?
> >
>
> Good idea. I'll try to alter that instead Suggestions welcome!
>
Ugh,... that's beyond me.
>From xdm(1),
On 7/1/16, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:22:57PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
>> Hi Alexander,
>>
>> On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
>> >
>> > 1. xmessage has an sometimes useful, but in general awful, interface.
>>
>> Aye,... simple, in base & functional.
>
On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 03:38:26PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>
> If you spend some time providing a set of nice resouces for xmessages
> and keep it minimalistic, I think we can include your suggestion. I've
> been waiting for other comments.
Personally I would be a bit reluctant to xmessage s
On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:22:57PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
> >
> > 1. xmessage has an sometimes useful, but in general awful, interface.
>
> Aye,... simple, in base & functional.
>
> The prettiness factor can be cosmeti
Hi Alexander,
On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote:
>
> 1. xmessage has an sometimes useful, but in general awful, interface.
Aye,... simple, in base & functional.
The prettiness factor can be cosmetically altered with Xmessage* lines
in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources. See '! xmessage re
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 04:43:12PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> On 2016-06-29 Wed 14:46 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > On 2016-06-28 Tue 15:27 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > > This diff presents 'Halt' and 'Reboot' buttons on the xdm screen.
> > >
> >
> > Now it closes the message box
Hiya,
On 2016-06-29 Wed 14:46 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> On 2016-06-28 Tue 15:27 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > This diff presents 'Halt' and 'Reboot' buttons on the xdm screen.
> >
>
> Now it closes the message box + adds 'Hibernate' & 'Suspend' buttons.
>
> >
> > Adapted from http://cafim.
Hello,
On 2016-06-28 Tue 15:27 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> This diff presents 'Halt' and 'Reboot' buttons on the xdm screen.
>
Now it closes the message box + adds 'Hibernate' & 'Suspend' buttons.
>
> Adapted from http://cafim.sssup.it/~giulio/other/Customization_XDM.html
>
--- /etc/X11/xd
Hello,
This diff presents 'Halt' and 'Reboot' buttons on the xdm screen.
Other buttons could be added, such as 'Hibernate' & 'Suspend'.
The message box remains after login but can be manually closed.
Adapted from
http://cafim.sssup.it/~giulio/other/Customization_XDM.html#starting-the-neces
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