On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:24:14 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > 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.
The shutdown(8) binary ("/sbin/shutdown") is not owned by the "wheel" group (do an "ls -l" on it), but by the "operator" group. > 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? I personally set the execute bit on "/sbin/shutdown" for others on my desktop machine, as I want anyone using it (locally, no remote access enabled) to be able to shut it down. To do this: "chmod o+x /sbin/shutdown". Might be a good idea to understand the setuid concept beforehand, if you don't already... > Thanks, > Tommy2 -- Nick Withers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"