I tried adding permissions to /sbin/shutdown to the sudoers file (via visudo) It did not seem to provide what I was aiming for. namely, That , if a user has permissions to halt or shutdown, or reboot, that premise enables the additional shutdown option in the E17/Elive menu. (i.e. like you see in the menu options if you were to log in as root - for some reason) Adding permissions to theby Denizen - [OLD] - Installed Mode
thanks, I'm aware of that option I wasnt clear in what I was trying to achieve. I'm trying to make whatever changes necessary to enable the shutdown option in th Elive / E17 menu. I have a reason for wanting to do that, rather than log out, and shutdown from Entrance.by Denizen - [OLD] - Installed Mode
hi, Has anyone figured out how to enable the 'shutdown' option when exiting e17 in ELive? I'd like to shutdown my PC from the desktop, rather than log out and then do so from Entrance. I googled about and saw some references to adding permissions to /etc/sudoers (that doesnt work for elive!) and also a reference to 'sysactions.conf' , but no illustration of whatby Denizen - [OLD] - Installed Mode