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

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:58:21 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, David Christensen wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Sorry, I don't know what a "programming systems product" is.
> 
> >> 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".
> 
> The user must be a member of the operator group.

To clarify:

The rule in that file tests for group membership. Even
if your user is a member of your user's group, it does
not imply that this "magically" permits him to shut down
the system. The user must be a member of a group that
is allowed to shut down the system (usually wheel or
operator), and the rule needs to test for _that_ group.

At least that's how I understand this mechanism...


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