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command to shutdown

Asked by pepperblue

could anyone please tell me the terminal command to shutdown the ubuntu; not as root. i mean, the command should not start with sudo or su or any root related keywords..

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Users cannot shutdown at CLI without sudo etc. You can add the shutdown command to visudo and it will not need a password.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

su to root will not work in ubuntu as there is no root password and authentication will fail

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Jochen Schnelle (noisefloor) said : 		#3

A more elegant way is to allow shutdown for non-privileged users via PolicyKit.

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#4

ALT-sysreq then with the two keys held down, R, E, I, S, U, O

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Jochen Schnelle (noisefloor) said : 		#5

@adbiz: Uh... this will work, but it's pretty rough...

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#6

well, either take it rough or put some effort into typing sudo in front of shutdown

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_allow_non-super_users_to_shutdown_computer_in_Linux

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