Llies Meridja said: > Llies Stationary 1 StationeryHi, > > I have installed Debian 3 successfully but when I try shutting down I get > an error stating that "only root can shutdown" yet when I try login as > root I get an error saying "root cannot login from here...", How can I > shut the system down? once logged in do 'su' and input the root password when prompted, then issue the 'halt' command to halt the system. nate