On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:34:10 +0200 Claudius Hubig <debian_1204@chubig.net> wrote: > Hello J., > > "J. Bakshi" <bakshi12@gmail.com> wrote: > > I checked and the is no more /sbin/shutdown :-( > > Did you remove sysvinit? This happens, for example, when you install > upstart, as it conflicts sysvinit. > > To reinstall sysvinit, try > > # apt-get install --reinstall sysvinit > Hello Claudius, You are the hero. It has fixed my box :-) Many many thanks.