Can you add power off button while device suspended

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There's a bit of background work you'll need to do first to get this to work...

  1. install Nautilus-Admin
    sudo apt install nautilus-admin

  2. set up sudoedit
    The proper way to edit files as sudo

Now, open Nautilus, navigate to  Other Locations  >  Computer  >  etc  >  polkit-1  >  localauthority 

At this point, a dialog box will pop up asking for your password... that's Nautilus Admin granting you permissions to access the directory.

Now navigate to  50-local.d . It should show Folder is Empty.

Now follow the directions here:

Create a file named /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/allow_all_users_to_shutdown.pkla and edit it using sudoedit to look like this:

[Allow all users to shutdown]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop-multiple-users
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

Then create another .pkla file in the same directory. Use any name you like ending with .pkla, for example, allow_all_users_to_restart.pkla, and fill it with these contents:

[Allow all users to restart]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

Now go to Zorin menu > Settings > Power, and set  Power Button Behavior  to Power Off.

Now, all they have to do is press the power button, and the machine should power off.

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