Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread David Z Maze
Michael P Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MPS> In a shell where you're logged in as yourself, type MPS> MPS> xhost +localhost MPS> MPS> or MPS> MPS> xhost + if you want to give global access. You probably don't want to do this, unless you're comfortable with the concept of any

Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 03:35:21PM +0200, J?rg wrote: > Hi > > 'gshutdown' so that a normal user can run it, too? I tried to set it > suid root, but this caused the problem, that root is not allowed to > display his windows on a user's screen (any idea how to change this, > too?). Unless you'

Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread USM Bish
Solution 1: I use a program called "usershutdown", which I am using from my Slackware days 2 years ago. Don't remember where I got it from. Can send the source as an attachment in personal mail. Solution 2: 3 finger salute ! [Ctrl-Alt-Del] ciao USM Bish On Tue, Se

Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread Kovacs Istvan
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:35:21 +0200, Jörg wrote: >I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem >is, that the 'gshutdown' program wants to be run as root. So I always >have to log in as root and shut down the computer. If you log out of Gnome, you can perform a shutdown f

Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread George Bonser
As a general rule, you do not want to allow regular users to shut the system down but if you are at the console ... have you tried control-alt-delete? On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jörg wrote: > Hi > > I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem > is, that the 'gshutdown' p

Re: Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread Joerg Friedrich
Look at the packages super or sudo On Die, Sep 26, 2000 at 03:35:21 +0200, Jörg wrote: > Hi > > I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem > is, that the 'gshutdown' program wants to be run as root. So I always > have to log in as root and shut down the computer. How

Shutdown as normal user

2000-09-26 Thread Jörg
Hi I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem is, that the 'gshutdown' program wants to be run as root. So I always have to log in as root and shut down the computer. How can I change 'gshutdown' so that a normal user can run it, too? I tried to set it suid root, but t