halting system at graphical login

reepark · 08-13-2002, 09:21 AM

i have recently purchased redhat 7.3 and i am having a problem halting the system from the graphical login screen. in 7.1 i could do it by putting the shutdown command in the .bash_profile file. i can halt it from the text login, but i want to be able to do it without having to go to the text login first. any ideas?

peter_robb · 08-13-2002, 10:15 AM

In my KDE start menu I found under
Preferences > System > Login Manager
all the settings to add buttons, facilities etc to the graphical login screen.

Enjoy!!
Peter

reepark · 08-13-2002, 10:35 AM

thanks for the info, but i am not using kde or gnome. i am using just regular x windows.

MasterC · 08-13-2002, 06:31 PM

You want it to halt, not reboot correct? If just reboot, then you can give a good ol Three Finger Salute

If you do not like that, and wish the 3 finger salute to be a halt command instead, edit your /etc/inittab file where it says:

Code:

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now

And change that to /sbin/shutdown -t5 h now OR to /sbin/halt

Is that what you wanted?

Cool