If you do not like sudo switch to text consol with leftAlt+leftCntrl+F1 and do Alt+Cntrl+Del. Depending on your configuration it will do either shutdown or reboot. Change the configuration if you do not like the effect.
Lazar On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:33, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > Clive Menzies (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On (11/11/03 16:28), Iago Sineiro wrote: > > >> I want to execute shutdown as other user than root. How to do it? Is > > >> it possible? > > >> > > >> Note: I want to do it in one box with Debian that doesn't have > > >> command sudo and I don't want to install it. > > >> > > > FWIW KDE3.1 gives me reboot/shutdown options as an ordinary user - it > > > configured itself that way, so I can't tell you how it is done. > > > > You can enable or disable this by configuring the KDE login manager. > > Does anyone know how I can do this from GNOME? Its annoying to have to > logout and then shutdown. > > Thanks, > > Shri > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions Tel: 0845 644 4745 > I.T. Consultant Edinburgh, Scotland Mob: 0773 980 3499 > Web: www.urbyte.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================ Mend these broken wings and learn to fly... ///|\\\ 0 0 ( . ) http://pages.nyu.edu/~rqf6512 - | | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]