On 07Nov2020 17:28, jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>On 20201107 16:47:03, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>On 11/7/20 3:16 PM, jdow wrote:
>>>On 20201107 13:21:47, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>>>On 06Nov2020 21:50, Tom Horsley<horsley1...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>For as long as I can remember I've run dnf update in a root
>>>>>xterm and when all the akmod activity and wot-not is finished,
>>>>>I've run reboot from another terminal.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now, it won't reboot "because root is logged in".
[...]
>>I think you're misunderstanding.  A root user is logged in and he's 
>>trying to reboot using his normal user.  The current console user is 
>>generally allowed to reboot the system.
>
>Thank you. That detail was not part of the context included. I'll go 
>back to sleep now.

I think it was implicit, or inferrable. But I also missed this nuance.

Thanks Samuel,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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