Hi all, I run xdm as my x login manager and I would like to be able to reboot and halt from it (like kdm allows it).
My idea was as follows: I created two new users, reboot and halt, whose .xsession only contained "/sbin/shutdown -r -a now" and "/sbin/shutdown -h -a now" respectively. I also created the file /etc/shutdown.allow with both users in it, as described in the shutdown man page. But it does not work! Reading the man page once more, I stumbled over the phrase: > It then compares the login names in that file (shutdown.allow) > with the list of people that are logged in on a virtual console > (from /var/run/utmp) I guess that is the problem, isn't it?: When I log in on xdm, I am not logged in on a virtual console. Is there a more, say, canonical way of achieving what I want? Can I modify the .xsession in a particular way? I'm grateful for every trace.. Sebastian Pado -- Charly was a chemist, but Charly is no more. What Charly thought was H20 was H2SO4.
