Disable password request and pending closure in linux

[Mahajabeen]

Hi,, i am a Windows Xp user but have recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 on of my pc. Now as i am not much familiar with this operating system i need some help from you all guys regarding the problems i am facing with the same. Actually, i wanna get rid of 2 feature of ubuntu, that is pending closure dialog box that appears when i turn off or on this system and second one is the password request dialog box that appears when i try to make any folder or directory.

Hope you guys can help me out of this ... Please make me know how can i disable password request and pending closure in linux ?

[MrChris-]

Pending closure is really very annoying part when we try to shut down or restart our Ubuntu system. Fortunately i got a tip to disable this feature when i was in need of the same. Here is what you need to do:-

1. On Ubuntu, simultaneously press the Alt and F2 to bring up the launch window applications.
   
2. Enter the command gconf-editor and click Run.
3. Pull down the apps, indicator-session.
4. Then check the box for the Value column for the key supress_logout_restart_shutdown.
5. Finally close the configuration editor.
6. Now your computer is restarted or stopped immediately. This window will not be displayed.

[Maq.H]

Password request is a nice feature in Ubuntu, i can say if your pc is used by many people apart from you. Its a kind of security. But if you only are the user of this PC than its very annoying and must have to be disabled. Anyways, in order to disable password request on Ubuntu 9.10 , Open a command line to click on the Applications menu, point to Accessories then Terminal. Enter the command sudo visudo and press Enter.

Now enter your password and confirm by pressing Enter. Pull down the file that is edited with the arrow keys until the line% admin ALL = (ALL) ALL. Replace this line% admin ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + o then press the Enter key to save the changes. Then do Ctrl + x to close the file. Now, your password will not be asked for administrative tasks.

[jesse]

In order to stop the password request dialog box, you need to work with gnome-terminal. Open gnome-terminal and enter "sudo su"

Here type your password for the last time and than on the last line type or copy paste the following:-

chad ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Thats it.. You are done.

[SalVatore]

In case you wanna deactivate password request for mounting partitions in Ubuntu Karmic, just go through these steps:-

Open a terminal and paste this:

sudo gedit /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy

In the file you opened with Gedit above, search for this:

<action id="org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">

And scrolling down a bit, you will see something like this (for me, it's on line 34 in that file so it should be on the same line for you too, but double check that):

<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>

which needs to be changed to:

<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

Source:webupd8.org

[WinSlayer]

Hey thanks for posting this useful tips friends.. I was also in search of this since i reinstalled my Ubuntu. I am really annoyed of those dialog box. This will help me as well. Keep it up