On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:06:12 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 19/01/14 10:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > > > Does the command > > > > poweroff > > > > also require a password now? I only reboot (or hibernate also, for my > > laptop) so I have not done either for a long long time. > > > > Ranjan > > > [bobg@box10 ~]$ poweroff > Failed to issue method call: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes > include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus > security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the > network connection was broken. > Must be root. Try systemctl shutdown or password? I am just throwing stuff at you: no way for me to verify whether this works (because I don't want to shutdown). Another option: edit your sudoers file to include your specific sudo shutdown command to be done without a password. HTH, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ Receive Notifications of Incoming Messages Easily monitor multiple email accounts & access them with a click. Visit http://www.inbox.com/notifier and check it out! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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