I cannot get the shutdown and reboot options

[Richard Boyce]

Terry wrote:
> Anthony Ewell wrote:
>> Terry wrote:
>> <snip>
>> 1) did you use "visudo" to edit /etc/sudoers?
>> 2) is "xfsm-shutdown-helper" located in /usr/lib?
>>
>> <snip>
> 
> Hi.  Thanks for your help.
> 
> 1)  I have never had a large enough block of time to learn vi.  It 
> should have gone out with the ark.  I don't have any other reason to use 
> sudo, so I don't use it at all.

Just so you know, you don't have to use vi when you run visudo. You can 
set it to use another editor with the $VISUAL environment variable:

export VISUAL=nano
visudo

Richard

PS I agree, it's essential to be able to edit files using vi if you want 
to admin a unix box. Doesn't mean I have to like it though.

-- 
Richard Boyce
SysEng, CCDC
http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk