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authorGordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>2022-11-07 11:00:11 +0000
committerGordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>2022-11-14 07:53:42 +0000
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shutdown.8: Add a note about needed priviledges to run the command
In order to use the shutdown command, the user must have root privileges or be a member of the operator group. PR: 266525 Reported by: Zsolt Udvari <uzsolt at uzsolt hu> Reviewed by: pauamma Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36688 (cherry picked from commit e0dfa1c4c45ec1b787020c99310c36aec9d9007b)
-rw-r--r--sbin/shutdown/shutdown.86
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8
index 12a7baba0de8..9cb456a87a73 100644
--- a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8
+++ b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)shutdown.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/27/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 11, 2020
+.Dd November 7, 2022
.Dt SHUTDOWN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ utility provides an automated shutdown procedure for super-users
to nicely notify users when the system is shutting down,
saving them from system administrators, hackers, and gurus, who
would otherwise not bother with such niceties.
+In order to use the
+.Nm
+command, the user must have root privileges or be a member of the
+operator group.
.Pp
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