Re: Can not shutdown

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2019-02-11 05:46, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> /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.

I tried that on Buster.

~$ /sbin/shutdown -r now
Failed to set wall message, ignoring: Interactive authentication 
required.
Failed to reboot system via logind: Interactive authentication required.
Failed to open initctl fifo: Permission denied
Failed to talk to init daemon.



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