how to add 'shutdown' to fluxbox menu?

athanatos · 12-09-2005, 01:29 PM

Hi!

I was wondering how I could add a 'Shutdown' menu entry to the fluxbox menu so that I just have to klick it in order to shut down my computer. I am using runnlevel 4 and kde, gnome, xfce can reboot or shutdown the computer. Does anybody know the command for this?

thx

max

kodon · 12-09-2005, 02:11 PM

edit ~/.fluxbox/menu
add the command to shutdown or restart

dive · 12-09-2005, 02:16 PM

I use:

Code:

[submenu] (Shutdown)
      [exec] (Shutdown) {sudo halt}
      [exec] (Reboot) {sudo /sbin/reboot}
[end]

But I have things set up where I can just sudo any command as root

athanatos · 12-09-2005, 02:25 PM

Thx but I am looking for a solution that does not require the root password. That should be possible, shouldn't it? I mean, I am able to log into KDE as a normal user and - I think thats because I am using runlevel 4 - restart or shutdown the computer without entering the root password. I am also able to shutdown the computer using gdm.

keefaz · 12-09-2005, 03:10 PM

edit /etc/sudoers and add a line like :

Code:

athanatos  darkstar = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -h now, /sbin/poweroff, /sbin/reboot

assuming athanatos is your username and darkstar is your hostname

Now you can use [exec] (Shutdown) {sudo /sbin/poweroff} or
[exec] (Shutdown) {sudo /sbin/reboot}, without a password

gbonvehi · 12-09-2005, 03:14 PM

If you configure sudo correctly, you don't need to type the password.
You can use visudo to edit sudoers file which manages sudo stuff.
You should put a lines like this using visudo:

Code:

%users  localhost = NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt
%users  localhost = NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot

That will allow any user inside the users group to execute sudo /sbin/halt and sudo /sbin/reboot without typing root's password.
Instead of %users (the % refers to a group) you can use directly the user name.

Edit: Now that this refreshed, basically what keefaz suggested :P