Using the menu options to restart and shutdown your computer
This works on Debian systems. I don’t know if others are the same or not. Let me know!
If you are using menu1 from the first post, you will already have the options for both restart and shutdown. Basically adding:
#[exec] (Reboot) {su-to-root -X -c /sbin/reboot}
#[exec] (Shutdown) {su-to-root -X -c /sbin/halt}
will allow you to restart and shutdown but will also ask for a password.
In order to get around that you will need to edit your /etc/sudoers file. You must be root in order to do this.
Currently your file probably shows this:
# /etc/sudoers # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset # Host alias specification # User alias specification sleek sid = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL
The part to add in order to not use a password is this:
# Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /sbin/shutdown # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL sleek ALL = SHUTDOWN sleek ALL = NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWNNote: sleek is my user name, and will have to be changed. This addition works for me nicely. Make sure to backup before changing.
The entries to add to your ~/.fluxbox menu are:
[exec] (Reboot) {sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now}
[exec] (Shutdown) {sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now}
After these changes you should be able to restart and shutdown from the menu without a password.
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