Shutting down as user

[Rem P Roberti]

> 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 my desktop, but I'm pretty new to all of this and would 
>> appreciate a heads up on how to shut down as user.  Thanks.
>>     
>
> In some way or other, shutdown must be done by root, or possibly by
> someone in the operator group.
>
> You can log in as root -- for which you will need the root password
> You can 'su' to root from a regular account -- for which you will need
>              the root password AND be in the wheel group.
> You can create an alkternate root account (recommended) and log in as
>              that id or su to it -- which requires creating the account
>              with password.
> You can put your account in the operator group -- 
> You can install and set up 'sudo' to do the shutdown and allow your id
>              access to it.
>
> All of these ways require you to have root access to set them up.
> They can also be done in 'single user' mode which runs with root priviledge.
>
> All of this is well covered in the handbool and other documentation.
>
> ////jerry
>
>   

Right.  I now remember that putting the account in the operator group 
was probably how I achieved the affect on the desktop.  I'll check that 
out, and check the handbook.

Rem