Why halt -p command needs root in ubuntu if one wants to shut it down?



Why halt -p command needs root in ubuntu if one wants to shut it down?..

Answer / rahul

Because halt -p is a root privileged command and it is found
in /bin directory. If you want that user can run this
command just copy this command from bin to sbin. and now
user can also run this command.

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