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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:05:36 -0800
From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
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Cc: josh.carroll@psualum.com, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Shutting down as user
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Joe Holden wrote:
> Rem P Roberti wrote:
>
>> I'm using the KDE window manager, but don't see how this would effect 
>> anything, as I am not able to shut down as user from the console.
>
> This is the intended behaviour, you wouldn't want just anyone to 
> shutdown your machines would you? ;)
>
That is very true, and I understand why this is by design, but in this 
case the ONLY user of the machine is me.  It really is no big deal, but 
I am trying to understand just what is going on here.  As I said, on my 
desktop I am able to shut down as user, and can't remember how I set it 
up so that occurs.  Back to the handbook!

Rem