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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:47:29 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Group problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911101546520.31044-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <199911101543.KAA17327@world.std.com>

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OK, i'll check it out.  And if it isn't just pilot error, i'll try to
duplicate the 'bug'.  Thanks for the help...

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "shutdown"
>you should get a usage error.
>
>If you type:
> "shutdown now"
>you should end up in single-user mode (and prompted for a shell, with
>/bin/sh the default).
>
>If you type: 
> "shutdown -h now"
>you should end up with the system halted (and a prompt telling you to
>hit any key to reboot).
>
>Any deviation from that constitutes a bug, and if you can come up with
>a recipe for reproducing it, you should file a PR.  [Well, the one
>deviation is that you can't execute the command at all unless you're
>in the wheel group.]
>
> - Lowell
>

-jonathon




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