On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 7:47 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> 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". > >>> > >>> Gah! Who cares if root is logged in? > >>> > >>> Can I disable this helpful feature any way? > >> Dunno, but maybe you can disable what it measures. Do your xterms make > >> entries in wtmp (listed by "w" and "who")? Is so, ISTR that xterm has an > >> option to not do that (look for "wtmp" in the manual IIRC). See if > >> disabling that helps. > > > > Something sounds bass akwards here. IMAO only root or an account with > > sudo privileges should be able to reboot the machine. And root should be > > able to do this at any time. > > 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. > __ Since when is a non-root user allowed to reboot "from another terminal" (quoted from original email) window? _______________________________________________ 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
