Shutdown permissions

makosmos · 2019-12-25 23:36:09

Hi,

I'm on a fresh install of arch,
When I try to shutdown the computer using the shutdown command with a non root user (the privileges are : power, wheel, audio, optical, storage, video),
I get the following errors, to successfully shutdown my computer I have to use sudo shutdown

Failed to set wall message, ignoring: Access denied
Failed to call ScheduleShutdown in logind, proceeding with immediate shutdown: Access denied
Failed to set wall message, ignoring: Access denied
Failed to power off system via logind: Access denied
Failed to talk to init daemon.

I searched and read the wiki but I didn't find anything that could help me fixing it.

Thanks in advance for your help

Trilby · 2019-12-25 23:39:06

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … o_shutdown

Slithery · 2019-12-25 23:44:32

Why did you add yourself to all of those unnecessary groups?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … emd_groups

makosmos · 2019-12-26 00:10:10

Trilby wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … o_shutdown

Thanks for your reply, but the issue is that I still have to use the prefix sudo
How to simply shutdown, reboot without sudo using non root users ?

Slithery wrote:

Why did you add yourself to all of those unnecessary groups?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … emd_groups

It was a desperate act of my own to try fixing it, but as you said it was unnecessary

Trilby · 2019-12-26 00:13:49

My intent was not to suggest passively looking at the linked page and expecting it to - via some process of osmosis - make the problems go away.

Read and follow that page. Check whether the required packages are installed. Post the results of the recommended information gathering / diagnostic steps.

makosmos · 2019-12-26 00:36:02

Trilby wrote:

My intent was not to suggest passively looking at the linked page and expecting it to - via some process of osmosis - make the problems go away.
Read and follow that page. Check whether the required packages are installed. Post the results of the recommended information gathering / diagnostic steps.

I agree with you, after some further reading, I was able to fix the issue. (alias shutdown='sudo shutdown')

Thanks for your help

Last edited by makosmos (2019-12-26 14:20:27)

Slithery · 2019-12-26 00:49:12

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … way_street

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#1 2019-12-25 23:36:09

Shutdown permissions

#2 2019-12-25 23:39:06

Re: Shutdown permissions

#3 2019-12-25 23:44:32

Re: Shutdown permissions

#4 2019-12-26 00:10:10

Re: Shutdown permissions

#5 2019-12-26 00:13:49

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#6 2019-12-26 00:36:02

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#7 2019-12-26 00:49:12

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