Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:02:05 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shutting down as user Message-ID: <20061113180205.GA45282@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <4558A560.4050004@comcast.net> References: <4558A560.4050004@comcast.net>
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On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:03:28AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > 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. I know > that this is probably some simple permission's thing, as I don't have > that problem on my desktop, but I'm pretty new to all of this and would > appreciate a heads up on how to shut down as user. Thanks. Add yourself to the "operator" group. Just edit /etc/group. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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