On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 22:22, csj wrote: > On 26. November 2003 at 2:00AM +0000, > Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:33, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > > Clive Menzies (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > On (11/11/03 16:28), Iago Sineiro wrote: > > > >> I want to execute shutdown as other user than root. How to > > > >> do it? Is it possible? > > > >> > > > >> Note: I want to do it in one box with Debian that doesn't > > > >> have command sudo and I don't want to install it. > > > >> > > > > FWIW KDE3.1 gives me reboot/shutdown options as an ordinary > > > > user - it configured itself that way, so I can't tell you > > > > how it is done. > > > > > > You can enable or disable this by configuring the KDE login > > > manager. > > > > Does anyone know how I can do this from GNOME? Its annoying to > > have to logout and then shutdown. > > Are you talking about GDM? You can edit the "SystemMenu" option > in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf: > > # The system menu is shown in the greeter > SystemMenu=true > > There's also another option for "SecureSystemMenu", which you > might need to set to "false". I don't know how much of a > security risk this is: > > # The system menu requires the root password for all options > SecureSystemMenu=false > > This can also be configured "graphically" once the "SystemMenu" > is visible in the GDM greeter.
I've already got that sorted out. What I would like is to click on
Actions->Log Out and then choose from Shutdown / Reboot / Log Out like
you can in KDE / Windows / etc.
Anyone know if this is possible?
Regards,
Shri
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