[gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Grant
I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system: grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now What am I missing? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread JimD
On Wed, April 5, 2006 7:45 pm, Grant wrote: I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system: grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now What am I missing? - Grant First try to edit

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Grant
I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system: grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now What am I missing? - Grant First try to edit one of the examples and see if that

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Manuel McLure
Grant wrote: I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something like that specified here: www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml Either way I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown: you must be root to do that! Try sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread JimD
On Wed, April 5, 2006 8:06 pm, Grant wrote: I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something like that specified here: www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml Either way I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown: you must be root to do that! - Grant