From a terminal prompt I issue shutdown now Everything seems to be going well, I get: Telling INIT to go to single user mode. INIT: Going to single user INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal sh-3.1# I still seem to be logged in, and at / oh, I was logged in as root.
Robert Moskowitz wrote:> From a terminal prompt I issue > > shutdown now > > Everything seems to be going well, I get: > > Telling INIT to go to single user mode. > INIT: Going to single user > INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal > INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal > sh-3.1# > > I still seem to be logged in, and at / > > oh, I was logged in as root."shutdown now" without any other flags defaults to taking the system to single user state. If you want to power off the system use "shutdown now -P" or "poweroff". W.
Winter wrote:> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> From a terminal prompt I issue >> >> shutdown now >> >> Everything seems to be going well, I get: >> >> Telling INIT to go to single user mode. >> INIT: Going to single user >> INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal >> INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal >> sh-3.1# >> >> I still seem to be logged in, and at / >> >> oh, I was logged in as root. > > "shutdown now" without any other flags defaults to taking the system > to single user state. > > If you want to power off the system use "shutdown now -P" or "poweroff".OK. thanks. But seems that is what I always 'use to do'...