On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:45:53 +1300 Hugo Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everybody, > > I set up a PC for my parents to do their email on, with Mandrake 10 and > Firefox/Thunderbird, but for some reason, their is no Shutdown item on > the menu. I can't remember how to allow the normal user to run > /sbin/shutdown as root (something in /etc/sudoers perhaps)? Can someone > please shed some light on the situation. Why would id be needed? Afterall you say you have them using Firefox and Thunderbird. Why not use the logout option from the the main menu and at the next gui panel select "Turn off Compter Now" and click "OK" Seems a great simpler from my point of view. Mucking about with heaps of scripts to get around what I think is a 'standard' safety feature is not going to make any difference to your parents in the long term anyway, And! If you've converted them from Windows - they'll be used to the vey same sequence anyway! You young fellers have gotta start remembering that your parents' "new idea" processing skills are no way near as capabable as yours any more that your own can match the those capabilities if a say 5 year-old! KISS John
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