"shutdown" responds "NOT super-user"

From: Mike Salmon <f026_at_uea.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:11:08 +0100

When I try to take one of our Alphas (DU3.2C) down using

  # shutdown now

it responds

  NOT super-user

It does this whether I've su'd or logged in on the console as root.
I end up using "halt" which is less than ideal :-)

/etc/passwd includes

root:encryptedpassword:0:1:system PRIVILEGED account,,,:/:/usr/local/bin/tcsh


Any ideas?

cheers

mike.

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#Mike Salmon, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia,
#Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom -- m.salmon_at_uea.ac.uk
Received on Fri Aug 29 1997 - 18:32:33 NZST

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