Tk-Skript for shutting down the box [Was: Re: rebooting as user]

2000-04-23 Thread Frank Barknecht
Mullins, Ron hat gesagt: // Mullins, Ron wrote: > C-A-Rubout drops me to a console, yes. Using xdm/wdm/gdm that console isn't > logged in. This then leaves me with, "Ok, honey...now that you've killed the > window manager, you now have to login again, then you can hit C-A-Del. (me > gets blank sta

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-21 Thread Klaus Duscher
"Mullins, Ron" wrote: > > C-A-Rubout? What, pray tell, is Rubout? BTW: I use xdm, so I don't drop to a > prompt or anything nice where I'm logged in. > > To Oswald: I have trusted users...but not all. > > To Marshal: Yes I added shutdown to a shutdown group and added users to that > group. No jo

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-20 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> Wouldn't this be possible using sudo? I'd say this is exactly meant > to give specific users access to specific super user level commands. > Give your wife permission to "sudo halt" or "sudo reboot" and the only > thing she'll need to know is her own password. > note: you can tell sudo not to r

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-20 Thread David Wright
Quoting Mullins, Ron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > C-A-Rubout drops me to a console, yes. Using xdm/wdm/gdm that console isn't > logged in. This then leaves me with, "Ok, honey...now that you've killed the > window manager, you now have to login again, then you can hit C-A-Del. (me > gets blank stare, the

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-20 Thread Peter van Rossum
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:46:58AM -0500, Mullins, Ron wrote: > Now, before I start, I'm not a newbie. I've setup Debian many times, setup a > masq'ed network, email/ftp/DNS servers, gateways and byways :). What I > haven't seen yet is how to reboot in X as a user. I can from the terminal > (using

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-20 Thread John Bagdanoff
"C. Falconer" wrote: > > Lateral thinking solutions > > 1) Buy her a new machine > 2) Buy yourself a new machine and give her your current one > 3) Become Amish so you don't need a computer :) > > -- > From: Mullins, Ron[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Why is this critical? I

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-20 Thread Surefire
"Mullins, Ron" wrote: > To Nate: I'm assuming that by GDM you mean Gnome? Yes, it's installed. Gnome > guys should have the shutdown read shutdown.allow, huh? > > Please guys. How do YOU reboot, those of you who haft to. There has to be an > easy way to let a DSU home user reboot while in transiti

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-19 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 11:02:14AM -0600, Mullins, Ron wrote: > Please guys. How do YOU reboot, those of you who haft to. There has to be an > easy way to let a DSU home user reboot while in transition. I don't want to > hear, "I couldn't get anything done. You had the computer in Linux and I > do

Re: rebooting as user

2000-04-19 Thread Kent West
"Mullins, Ron" wrote: > C-A-Rubout? What, pray tell, is Rubout? BTW: I use xdm, so I don't drop to a > prompt or anything nice where I'm logged in. I believe most of us refer to it as Backspace. > > To Oswald: I have trusted users...but not all. > > To Marshal: Yes I added shutdown to a shutdown