The most inadequate thing

[sheds]

Hi.

I am trying to turn off my linux box but there is no way to do it. I currently use mandrake 9.1 and i have just installed it. The thing is this: when i go to the menu (the "K" menu right, like the windows start button) and go to the last option called "Logout username". On the previous installation i had, the options to logout, restart and turn off where available, and the dialog had a nice smiley dragon. NOW ALL I AM GETTING IS LOGOFF AND THAT'S IT. How do i return to those settings? How do i get those options to restart and turn off? I know i can't turn the box like a viking, cause then linux won't reboot again, unlike windows. HELP PLEASE, I AM CURRENTLY HAVING 2 MAJOR PROBLEMS, AND THE GHOST OF WINDOWS IS NOW GETTING CLOSER!!!

PS: i don't want to go back to windows, thus, linux is too complicated for me, but still i am keeping it.

[junme]

control center >system administration >login Manager >shutdown

[sheds]

Thanks dude, really!!!! Props!!!!

[jeremy1701]

Any idea for Mandrake 10.1?

[matto]

I had a similar problem when I first installed Mandrake - I have since found out if you set the security level too high when installing Mandrake only the root user can physically shutdown and restricted users can only logout.

[sheds]

That's probably true, cause i set the security level when installing to high. But as root, i've been able to put that normal screen back, but it disapears eventually after rebooting or shutting down. I haven't been able to keep it all the time.

And how can i turn off the computer as root? There's a command or what?

[matto]

From the command line you can shutdown by using the following

//login as root
su
********

//To shutdown (halt)
shutdown -h now

//To reboot
shutdown -r now

Both of these commands can only be run as root

[sheds]

Is there a problem or special care when doing this, or is it as safe as doing it normally through the KDE or Gnome, whichever you got?

[matto]

I haven't had any problems when running this kind of command