On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 17:47, Salvio wrote: > Hi all, > > connecting (via ssh) to a remote machine I have: > > --- > login as: root > Sent username "root" > root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx's password: > Last login: Tue Dec 9 17:32:31 2003 from 192.168.0.110 > [root@localhost root]# shutdown now > > Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Tue Dec 9 17:37:38 2003): > > The system is going down to maintenance mode NOW! > [root@localhost root]# > --- > > on the screen of the remote machine I see: > > --- > Telling INIT to go to single user mode. > INIT: Going sigle user > INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal > INIT: Sending pocesses the KILL signal > sh-2.05b# > --- > > What should I check? > > Thanks, > Salvio > According to the shutdown man page, the default action is to go into single user mode (runlevel 1). Use the -r flag to reboot or the -h flag to halt the system. -- Graham Campbell <gc1111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>