On 11/16/06, Parv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Rem P Roberti thusly...
>
> I just installed 6.1 on an old laptop, and I am unable to shutdown
> as user. I get a "permission denied" error message.
Other than already proposed solution, given that you are the on
Parv
Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2006 1:02 PM
To: Rem P Roberti
Cc: FreeBSD
Subject: Re: Shutting down as user
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Rem P Roberti thusly...
>
> I just installed 6.1 on an old laptop, and I am unable to shutdown
> as user. I get a "permission
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Rem P Roberti thusly...
>
> I just installed 6.1 on an old laptop, and I am unable to shutdown
> as user. I get a "permission denied" error message.
Other than already proposed solution, given that you are the only
person sitting near the machine & working po
On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 10:11:11AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> >
> >Add yourself to the "operator" group. Just edit /etc/group.
> >
> >
> Bingo!
Haven't checked recently but in the past any darn fool could
Control-Alt-Delete reboot from the console keyboard. Caused a bit of a
pain when a machi
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
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
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 o
Rem P Roberti wrote:
That is very true, and I understand why this is by design, but in this
case the ONLY user of the machine is me. It really is no big deal, but
I am trying to understand just what is going on here. As I said, on my
desktop I am able to shut down as user, and can't remember
Joe Holden wrote:
Rem P Roberti wrote:
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.
This is the intended behaviour, you wouldn't want just anyone to
shutdown your machines would you? ;)
That is very
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
Rem P Roberti wrote:
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.
This is the intended behaviour, you wouldn't want just anyone to
shutdown your machines would you? ;)
_
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
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
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 se
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