Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:39:56 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Cc: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.0 i386, XDM 1.1.11_6, XFCE 4.12_1 -- How to enable GUI shutdown and restart? Message-ID: <20161228173956.d3bf3a9f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <e0b1bd9a-dbe0-31cb-ee70-0cfe87da694b@bananmonarki.se> References: <e721fc89-46b0-ea8c-9ed3-ad6c0df58c29@holgerdanske.com> <e0b1bd9a-dbe0-31cb-ee70-0cfe87da694b@bananmonarki.se>
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 03:16:40 +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: > On 2016-12-27 05:02, David Christensen wrote: > > > > How do I enable GUI Shutdown and Restart capabilities in both XDM and > > XFCE? > You need to write some policykit/consolekit rules, can't find them now, > and you ned HAL. Really? Isn't HAL obsoleted yet? As far as I know, it's not even part of the default packages anymore... but you're correct regarding the strange *kit XML rules. You also need to pay attention to specific group memberships. Here is some information: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/16916/ A more genral approach (for all users) can be followed by editing /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf like this: <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown"> <return result="yes"/> </match> <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot"> <return result="yes"/> </match> This can also be found in the discussion mentioned. I remember that I did something similar required by Gnome... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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