On Dec 13, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:52:02 -0500 mh <mhe...@member.fsf.org> said: > >> >> On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:33:20 -0500 mh <mhe...@member.fsf.org> said: >>> >>>> To fix this, tested on Debian Sid thought I suppose it works on other >>>> versions, edit the sysactions.conf file. Below the line that says "# root >>>> is allowed…", add your username as below: >>>> >>>> # root is allowed to do anyting - but it needs to be here explicitly anyway >>>> user: root allow: * >>>> user: your-username allow: * >>>> >>>> This is not especially elegant, but it works. >>> >>> actually it's how sysactions.conf is meant to be used. it's an integration >>> point for packagers and administrators to decide who can do these actions. >>> maybe you name specific users with more privs because they are trusted, >>> maybe you use a group (operator, staff, admin etc.), maybe the command to >>> suspend or hibernate is different on your distro. who knows. it's the job >>> of the packager here to integrate this. :) >> >> I meant that adding your username isn't elegant ;) I think using the groups > > well it is one of the ways it's meant to be used - that's mostly for > administrators. a lot of user machines are really single user with one default > user (you) and maybe some auxiliary users for friends/guests/family at times > and these people may not get full access, but you will.
That's what I did until recently too. I didn't mean anything about it being not elegant; poor choice of words. I just like the versatility of adding a user to a group. >> to control this is, to me, more elegant. In Debian, I didn't belong to any >> other groups than my own. So I don't get any access with any of the groups >> listed in sysactions.conf. >> >> To be able to get full access to the shutdown options using groups, add the >> user to one of the groups listed in sysactions.conf, such as audio, with >> usermod -a -G audio username. >> >> I discovered that this is why I had access to all the shutdown options in >> Arch, but not Debian. One of the (many) things I did getting Arch setup was >> to add my username to several groups, including audio. Never had to do this >> in Debian. >> >> Don't know if there are any potential problems by adding users to the audio >> group, I suspect not really. > > you can always add more lines listing more groups users end up being members > of > - the default systactions.conf is really more an example of how to do it that > happens to work on some distros, but it may need customization based on each > distro. That what I should do, since I'm not sure if there are any problems adding users to the audio group. > >>>> You can probably just use the group allow right below that, if you are a >>>> member of one of those groups. Or maybe add your own group and add it there >>>> too. >>>> >>>> Logout and back in, all options should be there. >>>> >>>> mheyes >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nope never got this resolved on the Debian system. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Dustin Jenkins <at88...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Did this ever get resolved? I've had this problem since day one, it's >>>>>> weird, but I've kind of gotten used to it now. The thought of fixing it >>>>>> is nice, however. >>>>>> >>>>>> What are the proper permissions on sysactions.conf exactly? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Dustin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 21/11/2011 12:29 AM, Robert Krambovitis wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 21:18 -0600, Jeff Hoogland wrote: >>>>>>>> .xsession-errors has four "Error: Unable to Assume Root Privileges" >>>>>> which I >>>>>>>> am assuming is related to my issue at hand. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Running *sudo ldconfig *didn't fix anything. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> other ideas? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Carsten Haitzler<ras...@rasterman.com >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:07:06 -0600 Jeff >>>>>>>>> Hoogland<jeffhoogl...@linux.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> said: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So for some reason my normal users on a Debian based system with E >>>>>>>>>> can >>>>>>>>> only >>>>>>>>>> "lock" or "log out" from the system screen. I had this issue awhile >>>>>> back >>>>>>>>>> under Ubuntu based systems and the solution then was to set the >>>>>>>>>> proper permissions to the enlightenment_sys like so: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> sudo chmod u+s /usr/lib/enlightenment/utils/enlightenment_sys >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> But that didn't resolve the issue here. What else could be wrong? >>>>>>>>> have u checked ~/.xsession-errors? another issue that happens is >>>>>> ldconfig >>>>>>>>> hasnt >>>>>>>>> been run to update ld.so.cache when library versions changed. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" >>>>>> -------------- >>>>>>>>> The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >>>>>>>>> contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >>>>>>>>> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >>>>>>>>> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. >>>>>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> enlightenment-users mailing list >>>>>>>>> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Check that the proper permissions are set in sysactions.conf >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >>>>>>> contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >>>>>>> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >>>>>>> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. 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