From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 19 00:20:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B78106566B for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4143D8FC08 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so66931fga.12 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:20:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jSukWIOIqw7EYW6RZQFe2wRFLj7qlHH8wyHMOM4mo5M=; b=ZJmjvq60V7owKPLmlymzDWwNP1TMQx9Nq8qmUYZC9iP6V2V9wW+hEBGGGKD+H60CDU VL/1Cm2B5hiGFzllZIRzJiaH6BBjppAH1hsciAyoCpposL7ki7OupMRzvbylVw/7WvR+ p9V1i92tmYMD8Cs0tFykcYp6YLI/nLAp9Jcec= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=W5NMzwkUnmeSIy7QswA/DivXemZsQ1labXK4VUfoDjXE647gRpAnXNtI6ETfp1eqVW PJQeLX6JHLA8NEcSebCNtPz3IkbY7QHiOAPmxMMrqtygF1PtsABFHiATOi1LP8BNyHyU eLoLtonoDyQLdmaOdF7R6mu2EvKiJYwqmNtjg= Received: by 10.86.53.8 with SMTP id b8mr3017195fga.21.1240100405917; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4471176.home.otenet.gr [94.71.121.120]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm1220605fga.10.2009.04.18.17.20.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49EA6E33.1060906@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:20:03 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090414) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Cran References: <20090419010904.714c2dc2@gluon.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <20090419010904.714c2dc2@gluon.draftnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 RC1 amd64 Installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:20:07 -0000 Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:04:26 -0400 > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > > >> (3) When shutdown is selected from Gnome menu either by the first >> user or the root , within displayed dialog box >> there is no a Shutdown item . >> It is necessary for the root open a terminal console , and enter >> shutdown -p now command . >> > > Have you installed sudo? I think those options > (suspend/shutdown/hibernate) only get displayed if HAL sees sudo is > available. > > Fact is you will get these options either if you have sudo and your user account is authorized to shutdown / reboot (this is the fallback method though) or if PolicyKit is configured (see /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf) to allow shutdown/reboot. Entries will look similar to these: Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html for more HAL fun ;)