[ubuntu-za] System won't shut down

[Lee Sharp]

On 02/03/2011 08:50 AM, Jonathan Hitchcock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2011/2/3 Daniël Louw <daniel at dline.co.za <mailto:daniel at dline.co.za>>
>
>     I am not sure what the "administrator" type means, but hopefully
>     it's not a synonym for root? Maybe someone can clarify that?
>     It would be quite scary to be logged in as root the whole time...
>
>
> It means that the user bill gets put into the "admin" group, which gives
> them extra permissions.  He's not logged in as the root user, but he
> does have elevated permissions (such as being able to shut down).

The admin group is a catch all of vaious permissions, like mounting 
devices, changing sound, running sudo, and shutting down.  YOu can also 
do it manually.

>     Speaking of 'sudo go to bed', hopefully this will brighten up your day:
>     http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png
>
>
> Rather link to the actual comic page, instead of just the image:
> http://xkcd.com/149/
> That way, you get to browse the rest of the site, and you get the
> alt-text (hover your mouse over the picture for an extra joke) :)

But why would you want to brows the site?  More sudo jokes? :)

http://xkcd.com/824/

			Lee