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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:08:15 +0000Unable to hibernate with bindsymhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/I have tried various approaches to allow my user hibernate my system using the modifier key + Escape. Initially I performed this by executing `sudo hibernate | i3lock` in the terminal. Where I always had to enter my password. Then I allowed my user to execute `sudo hibernate` without password - this works in the terminal. This made `i3lock; sudo hibernate` possible and I thought it would work to `exec i3lock; sudo hibernate` on the `bindsym`, but I an i3 error, stating that there's something wrong at sudo. My idea was to allow the user to execute hibernate without sudo, so I created a symbolic link from /usr/sbin/hibernate to /usr/bin/hibernate and added the suid bit on /usr/sbin/hibernate, which doesn't seem to work. My user is not able to run it without using sudo. tl;dr How can I `bindsym` i3lock and hibernate to my modifier + Escape (Debian Jessie) Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:50:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/Answer by Adaephon for I have tried various approaches to allow my user hibernate my system using the modifier key + Escape. Initially I performed this by executing <code>sudo hibernate | i3lock</code> in the terminal. Where I always had to enter my password. Then I allowed my user to execute <code>sudo hibernate</code> without password - this works in the terminal. This made <code>i3lock; sudo hibernate</code> possible and I thought it would work to <code>exec i3lock; sudo hibernate</code> on the <code>bindsym</code>, but I an i3 error, stating that there's something wrong at sudo. My idea was to allow the user to execute hibernate without sudo, so I created a symbolic link from /usr/sbin/hibernate to /usr/bin/hibernate and added the suid bit on /usr/sbin/hibernate, which doesn't seem to work. My user is not able to run it without using sudo. tl;dr How can I <code>bindsym</code> i3lock and hibernate to my modifier + Escape (Debian Jessie) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/?answer=5505#post-id-5505`;` is a syntactic element of the *i3* configuration. Just like in the shell it is used to separate commands in this case `exec i3lock` and `sudo hibernate`. Of course, there is no `sudo` command in *i3*, hence the error. Try quoting the shell command (everything after `exec`) with double quotes: bindsym $mod+Escape exec "i3lock; sudo hibernate" Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:19:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/?answer=5505#post-id-5505Comment by apoc for <code>;</code> is a syntactic element of the i3 configuration. Just like in the shell it is used to separate commands in this case <code>exec i3lock</code> and <code>sudo hibernate</code>. Of course, there is no <code>sudo</code> command in i3, hence the error. Try quoting the shell command (everything after <code>exec</code>) with double quotes: <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Escape exec "i3lock; sudo hibernate" </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/?comment=5506#comment-5506To my surprise this works perfectly nice! I thought I tried this syntax already, but as it seems I didn't. Before changing it to your suggestion, I used `bindsym $mod+Escape exec bash -c "i3lock; sudo hibernate"` which didn't work - yet I don't understand why.. thanks a lot for the assistance!Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:08:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5502/unable-to-hibernate-with-bindsym/?comment=5506#comment-5506