xbuntu shutdown screen

[erk]

I am using Xubuntu 10.10 64bit .
When I press the quit or logoff buttons on the desktop it takes me to the logon screen and then at the bottom right corner it allows me to shutdown or reboot.
I would like to bypass this screen entirely,and just shutdown reboot from the desktop. Only I use this machine at home ,no none else needs to log on.
Is there any way to do this?

[Rubberman]

Q&D way: from terminal screen: sudo shutdown -h now

[erk]

Q&D way: from terminal screen: sudo shutdown -h now

Thanks.That does work.But I am new to linux,and by the time I have found the terminal, and remembered the commands,and typed them in. I might as well have shut down the default way.
Is there in Xubuntu something like a batch language in MSwin? Then I could put these commands into a batch file and put a shortcut on the desktop.

[Rubberman]

Thanks.That does work.But I am new to linux,and by the time I have found the terminal, and remembered the commands,and typed them in. I might as well have shut down the default way.
Is there in Xubuntu something like a batch language in MSwin? Then I could put these commands into a batch file and put a shortcut on the desktop.

The bash shell used in the terminal window is a scripting language, much more powerful than Windows .bat files. Here is an example:

#!/bin/bash
sudo shutdown -h now

Copy/paste that into a text file (no extension necessary) like my_shutdown, change the permissions to executable, and try executing it first from the command line. If that works, then you can try creating a desktop link. To create, enable, and test execute the file (note, this will shut down the machine), do this from the command line:

cat >my_shutdown <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
sudo shutdown -h now
EOF
chmod +x my_shutdown
./my_shutdown

You might want to move the file to somewhere it can be accessed easily and not deleted by mistake.