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CaspianXI

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 59

Adding user to a group

I've got a feeling that this is really dumb question... but I can't seem to figure it out.

I want to be able to shutdown, reboot, suspend, etc. without being root. On the wiki, it says that I need to add my user to the power group. So, I edited /etc/group and edited the line with my username to look like this:

caspian:x:1000:power

(my username is caspian)

But I still can't execute shutdown, reboot, or powersave from my normal user account.

Did I do something wrong? Is there something else I need to do to add myself to the power group?

Thanks!

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: Adding user to a group

what you did is added the "user" power to your group. you have to do it this way:

power:x:99:caspian

(or whatever number is for power, 99 just for example)

you can also add users to groups with the gpasswd command, e.g.:

# gpasswd -a caspian power

Last edited by slackhack (2007-05-29 18:17:54)

CaspianXI

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 59

Re: Adding user to a group

Thanks -- it worked! I'm so sorry that I forgot to reply...

caspianxi