[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#572782: Bug#572782: xfce4-session-logout --halt does not halt the machine

[Michaël Ball]

On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 17:14 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On sam., 2010-03-06 at 15:58 +0000, Michaël Ball wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 16:40 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > On sam., 2010-03-06 at 15:13 +0000, Michael Ball wrote:
> > > > Package: xfce4-session
> > > > Version: 4.6.1-1
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > Issuing xfce4-session-logout --halt from a console does not halt the machine. Instead it just causes a log out.
> > > 
> > > Does it work when you ask for halt from the interface?
> > 
> > Yes, it halts correctly if you select Shut Down from the interface.
> 
> And has the terminal from where you run it all the capabilities do
> shutdown? (can talk to dbus, has policykit permissions etc.?)

I've set up the policykit permissions so that my username can issue a
shutdown/reboot. Am I correct in thinking that this is all that is
necessary to make sure a command issued by me from the console will have
the correct permission to shutdown?

-- 
Michaël Ball <michael.ball at gmail.com>