On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 07:19:08PM -0000, Llies Meridja wrote: > 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?
Where are you trying to log in as root from? It is true that only
root should be able to shut down the system (absent ctrl-alt-del for
reboot). It sounds like you're trying to login over ssh. If that's
the case, type "su -" at your command prompt, input root's password,
and then try shutting down the system with the "shutdown" command.
Happy to help,
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