shutdown disappeared

[Antti]

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 17:57, Nix, Robert P. wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Steffan Jacobs [SMTP:steffanjacobs at wanadoo.nl]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:08 AM
> > To:	fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject:	Re: shutdown disappeared
> > 
> > Steffan Jacobs wrote:
> > 
> > > Antti wrote:
> > >
> > >> I just clicked shutdown and it says: shutdown: command not found. I did
> > >> 'locate shutdown' and I found it, but after updatedb it had vanished.
> > >> What the hell happened? Where do I get a new shutdown? Halt doesn't work
> > >> either since, AFAIK halt uses shutdown also...
> > >>
> > >>  
> > >>
> > > Did you do anything with root in that session? You must have because 
> > > only root could delete it. However whatever the cause, it sounds like 
> > > you will have to reinstall it from the cd. Does anyone know what 
> > > package it's in?
> > 
> Did you look in the directory that locate said the file was in (my guess is /sbin) 
> to see if the file was actually gone? Were you logged in as root at the time the
> command wasn't found? Had you changed your path at all during the session?
> is /sbin in your path?
> 
> I'd look for the simple answers before starting to reinstall packages. Your heart
> will beat a lot slower as a result...

I don't remember 'who' I was when I did a locate, but I do remember that
it was in /sbin, like you said. But the funny part is that I really
haven't done anything related to shutdown, except used it when shutting
the computer down from the gui. And I haven't changed my path. 

-- 
Antti <antti at victoria.fi>