Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread JimD
On Wed, April 5, 2006 8:06 pm, Grant wrote: > > I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something > like that specified here: > > www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml > > Either way I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown: you must be root to do > that! > >

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Manuel McLure
Grant wrote: I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something like that specified here: www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml Either way I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown: you must be root to do that! Try sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now instead

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Grant
> > I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' > > and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down > > the system: > > > > grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > - Grant > > First try to edit one of the exa

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread JimD
On Wed, April 5, 2006 7:45 pm, Grant wrote: > I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' > and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down > the system: > > grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now > > What am I missing? > > > - Grant First try t

[gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

2006-04-05 Thread Grant
I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo' and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system: grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now What am I missing? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list