UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi

Is there anyway i can find out from which terminal a shutdown command has been run from ?

Code:

grep -r shutdown /var/log/

thanks sysgate

I have run this command but it brings through nothing any other ideas....

What is your OS ? It depends where such logs are stored, usually /var/log.
Also, if your system is BSD, you can use "lastcomm|grep shutdown" EDIT : I just saw that Linux has it too, I wasn't aware of that.
if you don't have it configured - it is easy :

Otherwise, just go through the logs, search for the shutdown/reboot event, use "last" to see who has been logged in at this particular time, and you will find it.