A really stupid question.

[Jeff Wardlaw]

try "/sbin/shutdown -h now"
or
"su -c '/sbin/shutdown -h now'"

both statements lose the double-quotes when you type it at the prompt

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Tavis Werts wrote:

> that's what i though, but it says shutdown command not found. i haven't 
> been able to find it, though I haven't spent much time looking for it.
> -- Tavis
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