On 07Nov2020 17:28, jdow <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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<horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
