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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:33:34 -0800
From:      Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Shutting down as user
Message-ID:  <4558BA7E.8080809@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061113180205.GA45282@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
References:  <4558A560.4050004@comcast.net> <20061113180205.GA45282@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>

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> 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.
>>     
>
> Add yourself to the "operator" group. Just edit /etc/group.
>
>   



I knew that the solution was a simple one, I just couldn't remember what 
it was.  Thanks, David.

Rem



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