Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:24:17 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Jason Hunt <jhunt@lynden.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot enter sleep mode as non-root user (Operation not permitted) Message-ID: <20160416000316.V1139@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <mailman.115.1460635202.18382.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.115.1460635202.18382.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 619, Issue 5, Message: 13 On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:30:38 -0400 Jason Hunt <jhunt@lynden.on.ca> wrote: > When attempting to enter sleep mode as a non-root user, I receive the error: > acpiconf: request sleep type (3) failed: Operation not permitted Correct. > Searching online yielded a suggestion that the user must be a member of > wheel, however my account is in the wheel and operator groups (confirmed by > running /usr/bin/id) smithi on t23% id -p uid smithi groups smithi wheel operator staff dialer network vboxusers smithi on t23% acpiconf -s3 acpiconf: request sleep type (3) failed: Operation not permitted 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 :) > This is happening on my laptop with a fresh install of 10.3-RELEASE, and > desktop with March snapshot of -CURRENT. Both systems properly enter and > resume from sleep mode when run as root. My above snippet is on FreeBSD 8; this is nothing new. > Does anyone have suggestions for how to troubleshoot this? Revise expectations or hack acpiconf.c :) cheers, Ian
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