Re: [Thinkpad] Sudo commands executed by root

That's right, sudo implies root. Also, to further dirty the waters,
I'm almost 100% certain this is a ThinkPad issue because I am running
kernel 2.6.20-16-server on a Dell desktop, with exactly the same
configuration--save wireless--and sudo shutdown -h now shuts-down that
machine.

Could it have something to do with modules not shutting down and
forcing a restart?

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:19:59 -0500
Rob Bell <RobDBell@mailworks.org> wrote:

> David Wade wrote:
> >>(sudo shutdown -h now, sudo shutdown -P now, sudo shutdown -hP
> >>now, sudo shutdown -h -P now, sudo poweroff now, sudo shutdown
> >>-r now, etc.)
> >
> > Don't you need a "-u root" in that command?
> >
> > sudo -u root shutdown -h now
> >
> > Sorry for the terse reply, but I,m trying to learn to type on a
> > Dvorak keyboard (I promised myself I'd do this 40 years ago) and
> > this two words a minute hurts my pride.
>
> I don't know about his specific version of Linux, but typically when
> using sudo without specifying the user (i.e. no -u parameter) root is
> assumed.
>
> Rob
>
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Received on Tue Jul 24 18:46:34 2007