halt

[Quik]

You could change your sudoers file to allow yourself to sudo /sbin/halt

Newby: for shutdown, you don't need /sbin/

If he's using Slackware, /sbin/ isn't in $PATH for a normal user (unless you modify it to be there).

:0

What slack versions have you been using?

[Ergot]

Quik what version of Slackware have YOU been using?

ergot@deepthought:~$ locate shutdown | grep sbin
/sbin/shutdown
ergot@deepthought:~$ /sbin/shutdown
shutdown: you must be root to do that!

[Newby]

You could change your sudoers file to allow yourself to sudo /sbin/halt

Newby: for shutdown, you don't need /sbin/

If he's using Slackware, /sbin/ isn't in $PATH for a normal user (unless you modify it to be there).

:0

What slack versions have you been using?

Slackware 10.0, Slackware 10.1, and Slackware 10.2...

[Quik]

Quik what version of Slackware have YOU been using?

ergot@deepthought:~$ locate shutdown | grep sbin
/sbin/shutdown
ergot@deepthought:~$ /sbin/shutdown
shutdown: you must be root to do that!

Yeah, but try a "sudo shutdown -h now"

[Newby]

newby@impaler:~$ sudo shutdown --help
Password:
sudo: shutdown: command not found
newby@impaler:~$ echo "Quik is a raging homo."                                 
Quik is a raging homo.

[iago]

I don't believe any Slackware versions have /sbin or /usr/sbin on the PATH, but on that same note, who cares?  Where shutdown is located has nothing to do with the question in this topic.  Perhaps somebody should find all the posts that are related to where shutdown is located and move them somewhere.  Right now, this thread is very confusing. 

[Sidoh]

sidoh@deepthought:~$ sudo shutdown --help
Password:
sudo: shutdown: command not found
sidoh@deepthought:~$ sudo /sbin/shutdown --help
/sbin/shutdown: invalid option -- -
Usage:    shutdown [-akrhfnc] [-t secs] time [warning message]
                  -a:      use /etc/shutdown.allow
                  -k:      don't really shutdown, only warn.
                  -r:      reboot after shutdown.
                  -h:      halt after shutdown.
                  -f:      do a 'fast' reboot (skip fsck).
                  -F:      Force fsck on reboot.
                  -n:      do not go through "init" but go down real fast.
                  -c:      cancel a running shutdown.
                  -t secs: delay between warning and kill signal.
                  ** the "time" argument is mandatory! (try "now") **
sidoh@deepthought:~$ sudo echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:.
sidoh@deepthought:~$

[mynameistmp]

FYI: if you use /sbin/poweroff it'll shutdown the power for you automatically (shutdown doesn't, unless you throw the -p switch on the FBSD version).

Thought I'd mention poweroff is part of the sysvinit package (http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysvinit/), if you're interested in downloading it. Slackware comes with it installed by default.

[Ergot]

It doesn't?! Mine does on both my desktop and laptop but not my server .

[Sidoh]

FYI: if you use /sbin/poweroff it'll shutdown the power for you automatically (shutdown doesn't, unless you throw the -p switch on the FBSD version).

Thought I'd mention poweroff is part of the sysvinit package (http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysvinit/), if you're interested in downloading it. Slackware comes with it installed by default.

That's good to know.  Thanks.