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". I use "shutdown -h now" for power off, and "shutdown -r now" for reboot.