FreeBSD 11.0 i386, XDM 1.1.11_6, XFCE 4.12_1 -- How to enable GUI shutdown and restart?

[David Christensen]

On 12/31/16 10:55, Warren Block wrote:
> It is very difficult to follow a dozen separate questions inside a post.

Which demonstrates that Xfce on FreeBSD is program, not programming 
systems product.


> I think one of them was about shutdown/logout/restart.  This is from my
> xfce notes file.  Note that hal is not required for xfce at all, and I
> do not have it installed.
>
> shutdown/reboot/logout
>   as root, create
> /usr/local/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.freedesktop.consolekit.pkla
>
>
>   (this is needed)
>   [Restart]
>   Identity=unix-group:operator
>   Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart
>   ResultAny=yes
>   ResultInactive=yes
>   ResultActive=yes
>
>   [Shutdown]
>   Identity=unix-group:operator
>   Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop
>   ResultAny=yes
>   ResultInactive=yes
>   ResultActive=yes

2016-12-31 11:48:30 toor at t7400 ~
# cat 
/usr/local/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.freedesktop.consolekit.pkla 

[Restart]
Identity=unix-group:dpchrist
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes

[Shutdown]
Identity=unix-group:dpchrist
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes


My first attempt was with "Identity=unix-group:operator".


> To enable logout dialog:
>   Right-click logout icon on panel, Properties, First Button: Log Out
> Dialog

If I add Shutdown and Restart action buttons to the Xfce panel, both are 
grayed out and inoperative.


It's time for me to start researching another approach.


David