Looks like this didn't make it to the list the first time, so I'll try it again:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:43:31 +0100 (CET) Gerd Sussner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hope, that gives you some inspiration :-) Perfect! Well, almost. *grin* What I'm trying to do is to set up a "special login" that will load a menu, then on exit from the menu will give the user a chance to either return to a bash prompt or shutdown the machine. What you posted gives me the menu, just the way that I want it. Thanks a lot! That solves a lot of head-scratching. Now a couple of other related matters: 1. Can I get rid of the mouse pointer when I'm running the menu? It's right there, in the middle of the screen, and I don't see an obvious way to turn it off. I don't need a mouse for my menu. 2. Creating /etc/shutdown.allow and adding -a to the line in /etc/inittab as follows: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -a -t3 -r now alows the user to shutdown (reboot) the computer only if he uses ctrl-alt-delete, but not by calling /sbin/shutdown from a bash script. Is there a more elegant way to do this than using something like sudo to allow a shutdown by a user other than root through a script? 3. The script that I'm experimenting with just kills X on exit from the menu by using: killall X This also seems like the big-gun way to accomplish the goal and I'm wondering if there is a more elegant way to handle it. _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
