Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-24 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 16 March 2014 12:46, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: > Hi, > Since a couple of days I need root permission to poweroff. > It seems that there is a second user logged into the machine. > > $ who > peter:0 2014-03-10 19:04 (:0) > peterpts/02014-03-16 1

Re: need root permission to poweroff [SOLVED]

2014-03-22 Thread g
On 03/23/14 02:13, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: The problem is solved. Someone suggested I was logged in at the GUI. So I launched the GUI (power icon at the right upper corner of the screeen), hit my login name, which opened a pull down menu "logout". I hit that one and subsequently the problem n

Re: need root permission to poweroff [SOLVED]

2014-03-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/22/2014 01:13 PM, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: The problem is solved. Someone suggested I was logged in at the GUI. So I launched the GUI (power icon at the right upper corner of the screeen), hit my login name, which opened a pull down menu "logout". I hit that one and subsequently the proble

Re: need root permission to poweroff [SOLVED]

2014-03-22 Thread Peter Lesterhuis
The problem is solved. Someone suggested I was logged in at the GUI. So I launched the GUI (power icon at the right upper corner of the screeen), hit my login name, which opened a pull down menu "logout". I hit that one and subsequently the problem never occurred anymore. Peter -- users maili

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-22 Thread g
for Ed Greshko or Joe Zeff, or other 'scholar' to verify. also, curious if my 'chemo brain' was right, seeing as how neither Ed or Joe posted to correct me, i may have been. ;-) plus, if you found a solution, it would be nice to reply with; Subject: Re: need root permi

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-18 Thread g
that the number of users has nothing to do with the authentication problem. Still I need root permission to poweroff when using the GUI. What can I do to get rid of this behaviour? pete, my apologies for 'breaking into' your thread. i should have opened a new thread. but, i also thought

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-17 Thread Peter Lesterhuis
h the authentication problem. Still I need root permission to poweroff when using the GUI. What can I do to get rid of this behaviour? Peter -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Co

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread g
On 03/17/14 01:29, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/16/2014 11:34 AM, g wrote: which is 14 total terminals what might be causing the difference? You're also logged in at the GUI. i thought that was covered by the tty1 - Xorg. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc.hago.

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/16/2014 11:34 AM, g wrote: which is 14 total terminals what might be causing the difference? You're also logged in at the GUI. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread Peter Lesterhuis
I don' t know hwat caused it, perhaps by shh from another machine. What can I do to get rid of this problem. When you say you need root permission to power off. Are you doing this from the command line, or GUI? Are you using Gnome, KDE, or another desktop? I am doing this from the GUI. I am

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread g
hello ed, On 03/16/14 18:23, Ed Greshko wrote: <<>> That is quite normal. It simply means you have logged in from > the GUI login screen, and you've got a terminal session open. > If you start another terminal session, you'll see a 3rd mention > of "peter". [egreshko@meimei ~]$ who egresh

Re: need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/16/14 18:46, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: > Hi, > Since a couple of days I need root permission to poweroff. > It seems that there is a second user logged into the machine. > > $ who > peter:0 2014-03-10 19:04 (:0) > peterpts/02014-03-16 11:36 (:0

need root permission to poweroff

2014-03-16 Thread Peter Lesterhuis
Hi, Since a couple of days I need root permission to poweroff. It seems that there is a second user logged into the machine. $ who peter:0 2014-03-10 19:04 (:0) peterpts/02014-03-16 11:36 (:0) $ users peter peter I don' t know hwat caused it, perhaps by shh