Shutdown in FreeBSD

[rbenq]

I read in a FreeBSD book that users in the "operator" group are allowed to shutdown the system, but it is not what is happening. What is going on?

Thanks in advance, Ben.

 

[n0cmonkey]

X or no X?

What happens when a user in the operator group tries to shutdown the system? Errors? What command are they using?

 

[rbenq]

X is not installed. When the user in the "operator" group executes "shutdown -h now" the message displayed is: "shutdown: Permission denied"

 

[n0cmonkey]

What are the permissions of the shutdown command?

 

[rbenq]

r-sr-x--- owner: root, groupperator

 

[n0cmonkey]

It looks like it's not believing that the user is a member of the group operator.

 

[RamshackleMan]

I am not an expert but as far as I know, only root can shutdown FreeBSD. The user has to be a member of wheel and then su into root.

 

[nweaver]

did you log out and back in after adding operator group to the user?