Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:23:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Adam Hefetz <adam_hefetz@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user permissions Message-ID: <20000810092356.A253@parish> In-Reply-To: <F254OeIiGXix4A2DreB00002d5a@hotmail.com>; from adam_hefetz@hotmail.com on Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:00:29AM %2B0000 References: <F254OeIiGXix4A2DreB00002d5a@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:00:29AM +0000, Adam Hefetz wrote: > Hi, > I have problems with my user permissions. When trying to reboot I get this: > > $ shutdown -r now > bash: /sbin/shutdown: Permission denied > > I tried doing 'chown adam:wheel /sbin/shutdown' but then I get this message: > > shutdown: NOT super-user > User "adam" needs to be in the wheel group. > Also, when I try using ppp I get this message: > > default: User access denied > The user you are running as (adam?) needs to be in the network group and you need allow user adam in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf HTH > Please tell me what files should I change and to what permissions. > Thanks, Adam > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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