On Thursday 05 October 2006 07:25, albi wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:24:14 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've just installed FreeBSD 6.1 and listed myself as a member of the > > wheel group during the add users portion of the installation. For > > some reason I have not put a finger on yet I cannot shutdown the > > system "do not have permission" to effect the command. Went back as > > root on a later session and re-entered my name in /etc/group to the > > wheel account to no avail, anybody got an idea as to where I need to > > look? > > # ls -la /sbin/shutdown > -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 431524 May 2 16:40 /sbin/shutdown > > what about group operator ? but i personally would use sudo instead of > group wheel etc.
I always assign myself to the operator group for just this reason; shutdown works fine without su or sudo. JN _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
