OpenBSD: Shutdown and Reboot

This video shows how to use the "doas" utility in order to shutdown and/or reboot your OpenBSD system without having to enter a password.

1. As root, open your /etc/doas.conf file. If you don't have a doas.conf file, create it.

2. Add the following lines to the file...

permit nopass your-username cmd reboot permit nopass your-username cmd shutdown

...then save the file.

3. When adding reboot and/or shutdown commands to your menu and/or keybindings, make sure to include doas...such as...

doas reboot doas shutdown -h now

Read over the man pages for reboot and shutdown to see if you would prefer other options (in addition to or besides -h) in the commands.

4. Reboot your computer for everything to take effect. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhDV28gpeHg