Re: [mythtv-users] exit and shutdown from mythtv
ok, i'm dumb. the exit command in the general setup was simply 'halt'. it obviously needs to be 'sudo halt' (or 'sudo /sbin/halt' if no alias is defined in sudoers file). then i can reset my permissions to the way they should be on halt (chmod -s /sbin/halt). is this the way to do it? thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] exit and shutdown from mythtv
so, i've worked on it a little more. found a couple issues. 1) need to have /sbin/halt in the sudoers file: "live ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown, /sbin/halt, /sbin/reboot" 2) need to have /sbin in my user path. did this by adding "PATH=$PATH:/sbin" to the .bashrc file in my mythtv user's directory. then the sudo commands worked. unfortunately, that's not how mythtv must call for shutdown. i get "halt: must be superuser". so i typed "chmod +s /sbin/halt". now it works. i can exit from the menu button and my frontend will shutdown. the sudo file stuff doesn't mean anything now, and all users can now halt the system. is there a better way to do this? thanks. -Original Message- the 'exit and shutdown' button used to work for me. isn't now though. i've noticed that the user i am logging in with does not have priveleges to run shutdown. so, i editted the sudoers file. didn't seem to change anything though. here's my file, username live: # /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. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /sbin/shutdown # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL live ALL = NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN but, when i choose the 'exit and shutdown' button, i get a command not found. specifically, 'sh: line 1: halt: command not found'. any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] exit and shutdown from mythtv
> the 'exit and shutdown' button used to work for me. isn't now though. Sounds like you need to define the full path to the shutdown command in the setup box. By default, most systems put shutdown into /sbin and a non-root user doesn't have /sbin in its path. Try putting /sbin/shutdown (or /usr/sbin/shutdown if thats where your distro stores it) into the dialog box. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] exit and shutdown from mythtv
the 'exit and shutdown' button used to work for me. isn't now though. i've noticed that the user i am logging in with does not have priveleges to run shutdown. so, i editted the sudoers file. didn't seem to change anything though. here's my file, username live: # /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. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /sbin/shutdown # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL live ALL = NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN but, when i choose the 'exit and shutdown' button, i get a command not found. specifically, 'sh: line 1: halt: command not found'. any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
