On 07Nov2020 17:28, jdow <jdow(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
On 20201107 16:47:03, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>On 11/7/20 3:16 PM, jdow wrote:
>>On 20201107 13:21:47, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>>On 06Nov2020 21:50, Tom Horsley<horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>For as long as I can remember I've run dnf update in a root
>>>>xterm and when all the akmod activity and wot-not is finished,
>>>>I've run reboot from another terminal.
>>>>
>>>>Now, it won't reboot "because root is logged in".
[...]
>I think you're misunderstanding. A root user is logged in and
he's
>trying to reboot using his normal user. The current console user is
>generally allowed to reboot the system.
Thank you. That detail was not part of the context included. I'll go
back to sleep now.
I think it was implicit, or inferrable. But I also missed this nuance.
Thanks Samuel,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)cskk.id.au>