[SOLVED]Shutting down in Arch (Openbox + Fluxbox)

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 17:11:27

The other OPs thread got solved....but my issue didn't. So here it is again.

I have openbox and fluxbox installed on Arch:
1) Openbox stops responding on clicking either Reboot or Shutdown from the menu. Only option kill X.
2) Fluxbox doesnt have a care in the world...it keeps working...menus and all

Debian has Fluxbox installed...and shutdown and reboot work as they should.

My sudoers file has this

inxsible ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

My menu file in openbox has

sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now

for the Reboot and

sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

for the Shutdown.
I think this is specific to Arch because the same thing works well in my Debian install.

I do have acpid installed...so all is not lost. Its just that it pisses me off that this doesn't work for me when it does for everyone else.

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-06 22:59:39)

Tenken · 2009-02-06 19:16:19

I have a similar setup with openbox. Here are the entries I have in my menu.

Restart

sudo reboot

Shutdown

sudo shutown -h now

In my sudoers file I give no password to the specific shutdown command and to reboot.

user ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown - h now,/sbin/reboot

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 19:19:55

So the only difference is that your sudoers file lists the command explicitly using the -h and -r flags, whereas I only have the command name ie. /sbin/shutdown. Maybe thats the reason.

But honestly, the flags of a command should not matter while giving sudo access to it.

brisbin33 · 2009-02-06 19:35:30

don't know if this matters but i have different syntax for user lines and all lines... like this:

root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
patrick ALL=(ALL) ALL
patrick ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman
patrick ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman-color
patrick ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/powerpill
ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/telinit
ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown
ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot

this setup works for me in openbox.

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 22:37:06

This is the weirdest thing. I changed my sudoers to what brisbin said and made it

inxsible ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

Then I tried rebooting and it worked, then shutdown worked as well....then i booted into Fluxbox to try it out again adn this time reboot worked and then shutdown didnt.

Now, again, neither options work in either Openbox or Fluxbox. The same thing I mentioned in my first post happens again.

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 22:37:51

I am going to see if the poweroff and the reboot commands work instead of /sbin/shutdown

moljac024 · 2009-02-06 22:45:20

%users    ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:  /sbin/shutdown -h now
%users  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:  /sbin/shutdown -r now

Try this

quarkup · 2009-02-06 22:53:18

my sudoer's file contains this at it's end

%users ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/sbin/mount /media/cdrom,/sbin/umount /media/cdrom
%users localhost=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown -h now

and Im fine with fluxbox

notice: change your ~/.fluxbox/menu file with this

[exec] (Shutdown) {sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now}
[exec] (Reboot) {sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now}

Last edited by quarkup (2009-02-06 23:09:10)

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 22:55:48

Ok I feel like a f*ing idiot now !!!
I checked my sudoers again and the problem was this. After I enabled my user name to have NOPASSWD to /sbin/shutdown, I had another line in sudoers down below which was

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

That was negating the statement above. But I am still surprised how it worked 3 times before deciding not to.

Anyway, I have now removed the username line and simply uncommented this one

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Now I dont need to worry about entering a password anywhere

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-06 23:00:11)

quarkup · 2009-02-06 23:09:18

:d

3ner · 2009-02-07 15:36:23

It probably worked sometimes, because you did "sudo something" short time before and sudo remembered the password until you did the shutdown from your menu.

Edit: In case you're not happy with never entering the password:
Although I don't have the %wheel line in my sudoers file, I guess it will work, if it stands above the NOPASSWD lines.

Last edited by 3ner (2009-02-07 15:37:21)

moljac024 · 2009-02-07 16:05:13

You really shouldn't use sudo for running any possible command as root, that's not why it was made

Xyne · 2009-02-07 17:33:12

Yeah, allowing everything to be run with sudo and without a password is a bad idea.

Inxsible · 2009-02-07 20:50:51

moljac024 wrote:

You really shouldn't use sudo for running any possible command as root, that's not why it was made

Xyne wrote:

Yeah, allowing everything to be run with sudo and without a password is a bad idea.

Agreed !!

I have since gone back to giving the username NOPASSWD access to only /sbin/shutdown.

quarkup · 2009-02-07 22:58:51

3ner wrote:

It probably worked sometimes, because you did "sudo something" short time before and sudo remembered the password until you did the shutdown from your menu.
Edit: In case you're not happy with never entering the password:
Although I don't have the %wheel line in my sudoers file, I guess it will work, if it stands above the NOPASSWD lines.

the %wheel line stands for the "wheel" group

absolutezero1287 · 2009-02-08 16:41:09

When I was using fluxbox I used gxmessage and a script.

#!/bin/bash

gxmessage -borderless "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer?" -center -title "Take action" -font "Sans bold 10" -default "Cancel" -buttons "_Cancel":1,"_Reboot":2,"_Shutdown":3 >/dev/null 

case $? in
    1)
        echo "Exit";;
    2)
        sudo reboot;;
    3)
        sudo halt;;
esac

Its not my work and unfortunately I can't remember the author of the script. I think that I found it via google.

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#1 2009-02-06 17:11:27

[SOLVED]Shutting down in Arch (Openbox + Fluxbox)

#2 2009-02-06 19:16:19

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