reboot/shutdown menu entries for non-GNOME/KDE users

[Flashrider]

Hi all,

I just added reboot/shutdown menu entries for non GNOME/KDE users

root-menu -> session -> [here]

here are the instructions how to setup sudo to let non-root users
be able to call `shutdown' (only applies to `shutdown' binary, no other
one):

(also in README.IMPORTANT)

reboot/shutdown from root-menu
******************************

The sawfish root-menu has a session sub-menu which allows you
to reboot and/or shutdown your machine. If you use GNOME or KDE,
no additional work by you is required. But if you use sawfish
standalone, you have to make sure that you're allowed to execute
`shutdown', there are several ways to achieve that, the suggested
approach is to use sudo combined with a group called shutdown:

;; add a new group called `shutdown'
groupadd shutdown

;; add user to the `shutdown' group
adduser misterx shutdown

;; add the group `shutdown' to sudoers
visudo
 
  ;; add the following:
  %shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

That's it, now everyone in the shutdown group can do it!

Chris

[Wang Diancheng-2]

Hi,

On my system, I use following commands, it needn't root privilege:

shutdown:

dbus-send --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal  \
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer  \
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown

reboot:

dbus-send --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal  \
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer  \
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Reboot

I think other system (eg. Fedora, Ubuntu), should be OK.

>>>>> Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar@...> writes:

    > Hi all, I just added reboot/shutdown menu entries for non
    > GNOME/KDE users

    > root-menu -> session -> [here]

    > here are the instructions how to setup sudo to let non-root users
    > be able to call `shutdown' (only applies to `shutdown' binary, no
    > other one):

    > (also in README.IMPORTANT)

    > reboot/shutdown from root-menu ******************************

    > The sawfish root-menu has a session sub-menu which allows you to
    > reboot and/or shutdown your machine. If you use GNOME or KDE, no
    > additional work by you is required. But if you use sawfish
    > standalone, you have to make sure that you're allowed to execute
    > `shutdown', there are several ways to achieve that, the suggested
    > approach is to use sudo combined with a group called shutdown:

    > ;; add a new group called `shutdown' groupadd shutdown

    > ;; add user to the `shutdown' group adduser misterx shutdown

    > ;; add the group `shutdown' to sudoers visudo
 
    >   ;; add the following: %shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:
    > /sbin/shutdown

    > That's it, now everyone in the shutdown group can do it!

    > Chris

[Flashrider]

Am Dienstag, den 27.10.2009, 10:05 +0800 schrieb Wang Diancheng:

> Hi,
>
> On my system, I use following commands, it needn't root privilege:
>
> shutdown:
>
> dbus-send --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal  \
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer  \
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown
>
> reboot:
>
> dbus-send --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal  \
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer  \
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Reboot
>
> I think other system (eg. Fedora, Ubuntu), should be OK.

Thanks, I'll try it now, and use that ones, if it works.

Every actual distro has DBus for a long time now, so that shouldn't
hurt, and even if it does (on ancient systems), it's not difficult to
change the entries.

Chris

> >>>>> Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar@...> writes:
>
>     > Hi all, I just added reboot/shutdown menu entries for non
>     > GNOME/KDE users
>
>     > root-menu -> session -> [here]
>
>     > here are the instructions how to setup sudo to let non-root users
>     > be able to call `shutdown' (only applies to `shutdown' binary, no
>     > other one):
>
>     > (also in README.IMPORTANT)
>
>     > reboot/shutdown from root-menu ******************************
>
>     > The sawfish root-menu has a session sub-menu which allows you to
>     > reboot and/or shutdown your machine. If you use GNOME or KDE, no
>     > additional work by you is required. But if you use sawfish
>     > standalone, you have to make sure that you're allowed to execute
>     > `shutdown', there are several ways to achieve that, the suggested
>     > approach is to use sudo combined with a group called shutdown:
>
>     > ;; add a new group called `shutdown' groupadd shutdown
>
>     > ;; add user to the `shutdown' group adduser misterx shutdown
>
>     > ;; add the group `shutdown' to sudoers visudo
>  
>     >   ;; add the following: %shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:
>     > /sbin/shutdown
>
>     > That's it, now everyone in the shutdown group can do it!
>
>     > Chris
>