> > On 10/25/18 4:55 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:40 AM Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com > > <mailto:pdu...@gmx.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I do not understand this error message: > > /sbin/shutdown -h +70 > > Failed to set wall message, ignoring: Interactive authentication > > required. > > Failed to call ScheduleShutdown in logind, proceeding with immediate > > shutdown: Interactive authentication required. > > > > > > Did you run it as root or with sudo? > > > > In visudo, I have > > pdupre localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h +70 > > That wasn't the question. Did you "sudo /sbin/shutdown -h +70" or did > you simply run it as yourself ("/sbin/shutdown -h +70")? > > If the latter, you're not root (nor are you sudo'd to root). Both > wall messages to all users (the first message) and shutdown (the second > message) can only be done by someone with root privileges. If a normal > user tries either, they must authenticate and they must be members of > the "wheel" group (admins).
Really!! Here is my understanding. The setting of visudo also the user pdupre to run the line command without being root. (just /sbin/shutdown -h 70) Actually, in 90% of the cases the line command works without complain, but sometimes it does not work and I do not understand why. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
