you don't have to exit from xwindows first to shutdown. just use the logout
button under the kde or gnome button on the panel.
steve harris wrote:
> yes it is.
>
> what i do is exit from xwindows as the user
> then at the user prompt "su", then "shutdown" normally. this saves you from
> logging out and back in as root to shutdown.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Glen M. Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Can't "shutdown"
> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:15:08 +0100
>
> Hi all,
>
> This seems a strange problem but whenever I'm logged into LINUX as a user I
> can't shutdown, i..e go into a terminal - says no command. But if I log in
> as
> root, I can.
>
> Is this right? :(
>
> Glen
>
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