Cannot enter sleep mode as non-root user (Operation not permitted)

Ian Smith smithi at nimnet.asn.au
Sun Apr 17 04:31:22 UTC 2016


On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 21:23:37 -0400, Jason Hunt wrote:

 > > > Being in wheel just means you can su root, and only root can suspend the
 > > > system .. unless you have a suspend button .. or know root's password :)

I mentioned the suspend button kind-of jokingly, but now I'm curious:

What make/model of laptop does not have a suspend (aka sleep) button?

Or is it that yours does not work properly?

cheers, Ian


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