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. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos