Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:08:21 -0400 From: "William S. Duncanson" <caesar@starkreality.com> To: Jim Mock <jim@phrantic.phear.net>, larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warning was not properly dismounted/ Message-ID: <199809251408.JAA03189@starkreality.com> In-Reply-To: <199809240824.BAA09556@phear.net> References: <3609FBD0.F77EC114@eee.org>
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At 04:27 AM 9/25/98 +1000, Jim Mock wrote: >>2)When im in FREEBSD and i want to shutdown my computer i understand >>i should be using the shutdown command.When i use it it comes back >>saying permission denied.? and then i just type exit it puts me back in the >>login screen and i turn off the computer there.When i turn on the computer >>again as FREEBSD is booting up and going through the normal kernel i read >>somthing that says" (Warning was not properly dismounted) How can i >>prevent this error from happening again. > >You need to be root to use the shutdown command. To reboot type shutdown >-r now at the prompt and to halt the system (if you want to turn it off) >type shutdown -h now and when it says "System is halted. Press a key to >reboot." you can turn off the power. That'll stop you from getting that >error message on reboot. Actually, I think that you just need to be a member of the operators group. Here's the permissions on my shutdown: -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 149392 Sep 24 18:10 /sbin/shutdown* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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