Re: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

Re: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

[brettholcomb]

You have to set yourself up to be able do shutdown and reboot if desired.  Do this in the sudoers file.  I don't have my setup where I can reach it at this moment but if you need I can post it later tonight.

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> From: Michael Kjorling <michael@kjorling.com>
> Date: 2006/01/04 Wed AM 08:26:16 EST
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce
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Re: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

[John Jolet]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 7:43 AM, <brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> You have to set yourself up to be able do shutdown and reboot if  
> desired.  Do this in the sudoers file.  I don't have my setup where  
> I can reach it at this moment but if you need I can post it later  
> tonight.
>
what you wanted was %wheel		(root)	shutdowncommand

what you put was let wheel group run the shutdown command as  
vuk....you want to replace vuk with root.

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>> From: Michael Kjorling <michael@kjorling.com>
>> Date: 2006/01/04 Wed AM 08:26:16 EST
>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>> Subject: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce
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Re: SOLVED: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

[John Jolet]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Michael Kjorling wrote:

> On 2006-01-04 08:07 -0600, john@jolet.net wrote:
>> what you put was let wheel group run the shutdown command as
>> vuk....you want to replace vuk with root.
>
> There we go, thank you! For the benefit of the archives, this is what
> I got in the end and which works (\t is tab):
>
> %wheel\tALL=(root)\tNOPASSWD: /usr/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper
>
> I can now shut down and reboot from within the GUI, and it doesn't
> seem to have opened any obvious other security holes.
>
well, except ANY user in your wheel group can shut down your  
box.....not saying that's a bad thing, but you need to know who all  
is in it...

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Re: SOLVED: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

[Michael Kjorling]

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On 2006-01-04 11:09 -0600, john@jolet.net wrote:
>> I can now shut down and reboot from within the GUI, and it doesn't
>> seem to have opened any obvious other security holes.
> 
> well, except ANY user in your wheel group can shut down your
> box.....not saying that's a bad thing, but you need to know who all
> is in it...

Yes, I am perfectly aware of that and it is also what I want. Of
course my account is the only one besides root that is in the wheel
group, but that's my own headache. :)
 
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Re: SOLVED: [gentoo-user] System shutdown from within Xfce

[John Jolet]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Michael Kjorling wrote:

> On 2006-01-04 11:09 -0600, john@jolet.net wrote:
>>> I can now shut down and reboot from within the GUI, and it doesn't
>>> seem to have opened any obvious other security holes.
>>
>> well, except ANY user in your wheel group can shut down your
>> box.....not saying that's a bad thing, but you need to know who all
>> is in it...
>
> Yes, I am perfectly aware of that and it is also what I want. Of
> course my account is the only one besides root that is in the wheel
> group, but that's my own headache. :)
>
sorry, too much time spent pointing out the obvious to management  
lately :)
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