Password for shutdown -

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 19/01/14 10:37, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:07:14 -0500
> "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>> Fedora 20 requires a password to shutdown. This is something new,
>> I've used Redhat and/or Fedora Linux for a long time and never had
>> this requirement. I am the sole user of this computer and see it as
>> an annoyance, more so when rebooting than for shutting down at night.
>>
>> How do I fix this?
>>
>> Bob
>>
> Create this:
> /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/00-no-reboot-password.rules # or similar name
>
> /* Allow shutdown when others are logged in  */
> polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
>      if (action.id ==
> "org.freedesktop.login1.power-off-multiple-sessions" ||
>          action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.reboot-multiple-sessions")
> {
>          return polkit.Result.YES;
>      }
> });
>
>
> ___
> Regards,
> Frank
> www.frankly3d.com
>
I could try that [I'm afraid line-wrap may have caused problems] but why 
would I have to add anything to a system that I think ought to "just work?"

This has not been a problem in the past and I see no one else 
complaining ... I ran F-20 in F-19 under VMWare without seeing this?

Bob

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