[ubuntu-za] System won't shut down

[Bill Cairns]

2011/2/3 Daniël Louw <daniel at dline.co.za>:
> Hello Bill (am I talking to the username or the real person now?)
> What happens when you type 'sudo halt' in terminal (without quotes)?
> My guess is you must have somewhere removed your privelege as normal user to
> shut the system down or something... I can't think of any other possible
> cause.

sudo halt certainly caused the pesky little bill to go away and sleep.
(When my kids were young I should have tried "sudo go to bed").

Thanks - so this normal user bill does not have the authority to shut
down. How can I get it back again?

Big Bill