On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 02:18:14PM +0100, Dr. Michael R. Semple wrote: > Anyway, to my questions: I wanted to allow my family to shutdown the > computer without giving them the root password. At first I installed > sudo and set it up so that they could type "sudo shutdown -h now" at > the command line. Then I noticed that the gnome-utils package > includes "gshutdown". I can find no documentation, so was wondering > where I could configure it so that certain persons could call it > without being root. Any ideas would be most welcome!
Well most users (in my oppinion) prefer the 'point and click' method. If you change the following line in /etc/gdm.conf everybody will be able to shutdown the computer from the login screen. The line is in: [greeter] SystemMenu=1 <--- change this from 0 > My second question concerns gdm. I've set things up within Gnome so > that the screen turns on a screensaver after 10 minutes and then > enters powersaving mode after another 20. The only problem is that > the users generally log out before leaving the computer. In this > state, with the gdm login dialogue showing, the screen does not enter > powersave mode. Is there any way to enable shutting down the console > monitor? Gdm uses the Init catalogue to look for setup files. They are similar to the ones used with xdm. In /etc/gdm/Init/Default I have /usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms 300 310 320 which turns off my monitor fairly quickly. If you do not like to change the default system-file create a file called :0 or :1 depending on where you start X , for the X-console and add whatever you like. Regards Sven Esbjerg
