[plug] Windowmaker

[Bevan Broun]

on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 11:48:40AM +0800, Rob Hall <rob at hcm.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>  When running WindowMaker from xdm, how do I set it so that any user can shut
> down the machine. 
> 
> The only way that I can think of is to run a script that su to root then calls
> the shudown.  The problem with that is they then need to enter root's password.
> 
> I tried making ctl-alt-del into shutdown -h now in /etc/inittab but xdm appears
> to disable ctl-alt-del.

This is not a windowmaker thing but an X thing. You can do it by getting
x out the way, ctl-alt-F[1-5] to bring up virtual console and then
ctl-alt-del to reboot.
 
BB
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