Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:08:51 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shutting down as user Message-ID: <4558B4B3.6040906@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20061113175722.GA2385@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4558A560.4050004@comcast.net> <20061113175722.GA2385@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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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. >> > > In some way or other, shutdown must be done by root, or possibly by > someone in the operator group. > > You can log in as root -- for which you will need the root password > You can 'su' to root from a regular account -- for which you will need > the root password AND be in the wheel group. > You can create an alkternate root account (recommended) and log in as > that id or su to it -- which requires creating the account > with password. > You can put your account in the operator group -- > You can install and set up 'sudo' to do the shutdown and allow your id > access to it. > > All of these ways require you to have root access to set them up. > They can also be done in 'single user' mode which runs with root priviledge. > > All of this is well covered in the handbool and other documentation. > > ////jerry > > Right. I now remember that putting the account in the operator group was probably how I achieved the affect on the desktop. I'll check that out, and check the handbook. Rem
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