User Feedback :: Shut down/Reboot require /etc/sudoers entry

I recently found out that the shutdown/reboot options in the Fluxbox menu require a sudoers entry for the user. Earlier in the session I had commented out those lines for security. Only by doing some browsing and discovering the menu script was I able to figure out what the problem was.

Would it be possible to come up with another way to do this so that I don't have to have the current user in the sudoers file? This is rather insecure, methinks. Thanks for any feedback!

You can use su-to-root, and invoke the commands through a term window. You will have to type your root password then.

You may want to try adding a display manager, but you will have to do some hacking to get it to play nice with the Kdrive X servers.

original here.