(IceWM) shutdown

[isilia]

Yesterday I decided to do a minimal installation on a 128 mb RAM, 7-year-old PC. By now I got everything working (thank you, google!), except for that I can't shutdown the PC from within iceWM.

Basically all I need is shutdown to work for non-root users (with minimal security loss)

[Silenus]

Icewm should have a shutdown script in the menu, if not create one that uses sudo.

sudo shutdown -h now

Omit the h option if you don't want it to halt, but I am sure you know that.

[llivv]

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[Azriel]

If you do not use any login manager, i think you can't shutdown without tweaking a bit.

In your /etc/inittab there is a way to shutdown your computer without being root. The passage about "# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
cactrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now"

You just have to change the -r flag by -h, so your computer halt instead of rebooting. AFAIK, you need to be in console mode in order for the ctrl-alt-del command to work, so you'll need to kill your X server before... That's not the best way i guess, but that's still not bad.

A "good" way to do it would be to halt using your terminal, but if i understand you right, you want to halt using the GUI way. Then i guess than you have to create your own script, either by putting a sudo halt in it, or by killing X and then make it reboot using the /etc/inittab options.


[EDIT]: i also found that by googling around. Not sure what's it's worth, but it should work: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134968

[isilia]

Icewm should have a shutdown script in the menu, if not create one that uses sudo.

sudo shutdown -h now

Omit the h option if you don't want it to halt, but I am sure you know that.

I rather not use sudo, as that would require using the root password.

if you installed lenny you could take a look at qingy
I just checked and it's not in etch Crying or Very sad

I use Lenny, Quingy looks nice - although I still prefer not using any log in manager at all (as autologin works already)

In your /etc/inittab there is a way to shutdown your computer without being root. The passage about "# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
cactrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now"

You just have to change the -r flag by -h, so your computer halt instead of rebooting. AFAIK, you need to be in console mode in order for the ctrl-alt-del command to work, so you'll need to kill your X server before... That's not the best way i guess, but that's still not bad.

Well, that isn't really an option as I won't be using the PC myself, my dad will.

[EDIT]: i also found that by googling around. Not sure what's it's worth, but it should work: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134968

I'll try that in a bit, I'll let you know if it worked - thanks everyone!

[987687]

Sometimes computers will just shut down when you press the power button. Or if you go to a terminal and press CTRL+ALT+DEL it will reboot.

[Lou]

If you check the HOWTO: IceWM Basic Configuration on this site, in the Documentation section of howtos, tips and tricks:

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=5450

there is no need to go to ubuntu forums

[Lou]

Basically, all I need is shutdown to work for non-root users (with minimal security loss)

Go to /etc/sudoers and add this line using the name for the user you want to be able to shutdown or reboot.

username ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt, /sbin/reboot

Add these lines to your .icewm/preferences:

ShutdownCommand="sudo halt"
RebootCommand="sudo reboot"

save/exit/
restart (ctrl+alt+delete+r)

From now on the 'user' presses the Windows key + spacebar to make the taskbar a Run box, and types:

sudo halt or
sudo reboot

Note: if the user does not have a Windows key, ctrl+alt will do.

voilà!

[Azriel]

there is no need to go to ubuntu forums

Actually almost everytime i'm looking for doing something without being root, i end up in ubuntu forums

[isilia]

Thanks Lou (and everyone else), that worked.