[CentOS] Centos 5 not shutting down

[Winter]

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.