Search $PATH for the shutdown binary instead of hard-coding /sbin/shutdown, which isn't valid on NixOS (and a compatibility link on most other modern distros anyway). -- nckx diff -Naur a/include/pathnames.h b/include/pathnames.h --- a/include/pathnames.h 2014-09-16 14:37:06.138551680 +0200 +++ b/include/pathnames.h 2015-01-01 20:41:02.510948314 +0100 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ #define _PATH_INITTAB "/etc/inittab" #define _PATH_RC "/etc/rc" #define _PATH_REBOOT "/sbin/reboot" -#define _PATH_SHUTDOWN "/sbin/shutdown" +#define _PATH_SHUTDOWN "shutdown" #define _PATH_SINGLE "/etc/singleboot" #define _PATH_SHUTDOWN_CONF "/etc/shutdown.conf" diff -Naur a/sys-utils/rtcwake.c b/sys-utils/rtcwake.c --- a/sys-utils/rtcwake.c 2014-10-24 11:21:20.447389309 +0200 +++ b/sys-utils/rtcwake.c 2015-01-01 20:57:59.398911209 +0100 @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ arg[i] = NULL; if (!dryrun) { - execv(arg[0], arg); + execvp(arg[0], arg); warn(_("failed to execute %s"), _PATH_SHUTDOWN); rc = EXIT_FAILURE;