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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:25:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        fredrik.carlen@telia.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Group problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081025190.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <99110818305400.00416@machine.beastie.org>

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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 fredrik.carlen@telia.com wrote:

> 
> Hello!
> 
> I've put myself in the ' wheel ' group by adding my user name to the first line
> in /etc/groups:
> 
> wheel:*:0:root,leonis
> 
> Now I can su, but not use reboot or halt...
> Does anybody know what the problem is?
> The reboot command GID is wheel, and so is halt's...

you must execute the programs as root, however if you
include yourself in the 'operator' group you'll be
able to use shutdown as a normal user.

-Alfred



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