Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:40:34 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: josh.carroll@psualum.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shutting down as user Message-ID: <4558AE12.2050501@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0611130933x5d524ed6w562ebc622861eec1@mail.gmail.com> References: <4558A560.4050004@comcast.net> <8cb6106e0611130933x5d524ed6w562ebc622861eec1@mail.gmail.com>
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>> Hi everyone. I just installed 6.1 on an old laptop, and I am unable to >> shutdown as user. I get a "permission denied" error message. > > Whatever is shutting down the system would either need to be setuid > (chmod u+s), or would need to use sudo (if you have the sudo port and > your user is properly setup in sudoers to issue the shutdown command > or whatever is running). > > Some details on which window manager or desktop environment you are > running would help, along with whether or not you are running a > display manager (GDM, KDM, XDM, etc). > > Josh > I'm using the KDE window manager, but don't see how this would effect anything, as I am not able to shut down as user from the console. Rem
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