Thanks for all the input.It was /etc/profile indeed, that did the service shuthdown , but only if uid = 0
So when I ssh'ed as a normal user , it did not give my the error messages.
The script was altered by a s/w package install, that I was not aware of. Sorry, feel like such an idiot !! ThanksShahed.
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