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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm?
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:25:09
Message-Id: 20120219132343.42e7bbf2@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm? by Grant
1 On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:30:23 -0800
2 Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > >>> Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config
5 > >>> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm
6 > >>> works fine. Any ideas?
7 > >>>
8 > >>> - Grant
9 > >>
10 > >> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to
11 > >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen.  I had to emerge
12 > >> xterm to make it work BTW.
13 > >>
14 > >> - Grant
15 > >>
16 > >>
17 > > You can type reboot or shutdown for the user then the root password
18 > > and it will do as you requested.
19 >
20 > The problem there is sharing the root password on multi-user systems.
21 >
22 > - Grant
23 >
24
25 do your $MAGIC in /etc/sudoers so users can run
26
27 sudo shutdown -h now
28
29 and no need to share root passwords
30
31 --
32 Alan McKinnnon
33 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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