************************************************************************** In order to be able to execute shutdown as regular user, you can either use sudo(8) (see below), or you can add your username to the operator group: # pw groupmod operator -m yourusername If you want to be able to suspend your system as regular user who is member of the wheel group, you can use sudo(8). Add %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/acpiconf * to ${PREFIX}/etc/sudoers. **************************************************************************