v.910 Authenticate before Shut Down

Franz Waldmüller waldbauernbub at gmx.at
Wed Apr 7 21:14:53 UTC 2010


Jim Byrnes schrieb:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 04/07/2010 02:30 AM, Willis Taylor wrote:
>>> Since my last update I am having to authenticate my attempt to shut down
>>> by entering my SU Password.  Has anyone else hit this and if so what's
>>> the cure?
>>>
>> Generally that is an indication that another user is logged on. You
>> should be able to check using:
>>
>> $ users
> 
> Being curious about the info terminal commands provide, I did:
> 
> jfb at jfb-ubuntu64:~$ users
> jfb jfb
> 
> As the only user of this machine why do I show up twice?
> 

you opened up the terminal -> you are logged in a second time. Try 
opening more terminals and try again the users command.

Franz




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