[CentOS] Centos 5 not shutting down

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'...