Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:10:30 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: fredrik.carlen@telia.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Group problems Message-ID: <19991109231030.A980@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081025190.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <99110818305400.00416@machine.beastie.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081025190.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 10:25:58AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 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.
>
Hmm, didn't know that. Why, though? reboot(8) can't be run as a
normal user and the only difference I can see between the two is
that shutdown(8) broadcasts a "System going down" warning. Is this
just an historical thing or is there a more subtle reason?
> -Alfred
>
>
>
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