On 16 March 2014 12:46, Peter Lesterhuis <peterlesterh...@tiscali.nl> 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) > peter pts/0 2014-03-16 11:36 (:0) > > $ users > peter peter > > I don' t know hwat caused it, perhaps by shh from another machine. > What can I do to get rid of this problem. > > You can check the logs: - In terminal as root 'journalctl -f' - Try to poweroff, and when it asks for the root password, cancel out of the dialog - Check the terminal window, polkit usually prints a message when authentication is invoked using the info from the logs you can further investigate what it's asking for authentication for; and/or add a custom polkit rule to allow you to poweroff without having to type the root password every time. -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- Ahmad Samir
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