shutdown form command without root.

[pokemoncatdog]

I know about shutdown -h now and shutdown -r now but you need to be root for this. I mean what are the commands use for this.


Shutdown
Restart
Suspend
Hibernate

What commands does this menu use?
I want to make desktop shortcuts. I do not want to have to use "gksudo" or "sudo".

OR What command does the "quit" item on the mint menu use to bring up the shutdown menu?

Thank you

[Elisa]

you could try these commands if they work. I cannot test it now because if it'd work I don't want to turn off my PC for now
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000606.htm

[hemimaniac]

First in terminal do;

sudo chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown

Then you simply need to do

shutdown [options] now or time

[beefstu]

To run a root command without having to type the password, you need to add that command to the sudoers file. to do that, first

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sudo visudo

then add the lines

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USERNAME ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

where you need to replace USERNAME with the username of the account you want to be able to shutdown the computer.

To shut it down, you still need to do

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sudo shutdown now

but you will not need to type in a password.

Be warned though, adding commands to the sudoers file essentially overwrites one of Linux's inherent safety features


EDIT: hemimaniac wrote his post as I was writing mine, I can see his method working just as well but though I'd leave my reply here just incase its useful to someone!

[piratesmack]

I think the commands to suspend/hibernate are 'pm-suspend' and 'pm-hibernate'

chmod +s won't work on these because they're shell scripts, so follow beefstu's advice to run these commands without a password.

[pokemoncatdog]

First in terminal do;

sudo chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown

Then you simply need to do

shutdown [options] now or time

This worked, thank you. Ok I can shutdown form desktop now, but is there a way to make the "quit" / shutdown menu open form shortcut. OR to have the shortcut open an "are you shore?" dialog box.