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| Thread ID: 24823 | 2002-09-19 22:31:00 | Linux - Debian - halt... | Shroeder (492) | Press F1 |
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| 81116 | 2002-09-19 22:31:00 | Have installed Debian Woody to see what its like (compared to RH7.3) However... After a session in (say) Gnome as a user and I want to turn off, then I go to *log off* but it only gives an option to log off - no option to shutdown/halt When I log off it brings up a Log on screen where I can log on to any of the windows styles (KDE/Gnome/Xsession) but no option to shutdown??? NB: Running halt as a user doesn't work, it tells me I must be root to shutdown? Also I can't log on from the initial logon screen as root, only as a user. Why on earth would it load (I basically used installation defaults) so that a user cannot shutdown? & How do I fix it (halt is in /sbin and I did a "chmod 777 /sbin/halt" as root but I still couldn't run the halt command from user? TIA |
Shroeder (492) | ||
| 81117 | 2002-09-20 05:37:00 | what login manager are you using? KDM, WDM, GDM? Normally only root can pershorm a shutdown, but most login managers can be configured to let anyone shutdown. |
Linatux (828) | ||
| 81118 | 2002-09-21 01:42:00 | You have hit the security thing. Debian must be a bit tougher about it. In a "real" multiuser system, you don't want just any user shutting the system down. ;-) If Ctrl/Alt/Del won't work ... which might be disabled too (look in /etc/inittab) ... try chmod +s /sbin/halt . That's the "set user ID" bit, which lets a user execute a root-owned command. That should work. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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