Re: Can not shutdown

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

/etc/shutdown.allow needs to have your user's name in it for that user
to be able to shut the system down without using su or sudo.
/etc/shutdown.deny can have user names in it too, and those will not be
allowed to shut the system down.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, A_Man_Without_Clue wrote:

> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:02:15
> From: A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>,
>     debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Can not shutdown
> Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 03:02:33 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
>
>
> On 2/11/19 11:50 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > have you tried su - poweroff yet?
> > On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, A_Man_Without_Clue
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 21:36:09
> >> From: A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com>
> >> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> >> Subject: Can not shutdown
> >> Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 02:36:30 +0000 (UTC)
> >> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just installed Debian testing, Debian Installer Buster Alpha 5 release.
> >>
> >> I use LXDE and now I just found out that I cannot shut down from LXDE,
> >> "Logout - Shutdown"
> >>
> >> It gives the error saying "GDBUS Error System Error ENXIO No such drive
> >> or address"
> >>
> >> I tried with XFCE but still it won't shutdown, it just logs out instead.
> >>
> >> What has gone wrong?
> >>
> >> M.W.C.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> I did su, shutdown -h and it works.
>
>

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