Shutdown problem with 2.4.22-1.2140

[Nalin Dahyabhai]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:38:30PM -0500, Jed wrote:
> I just installed the 2.4.22-1.2140 kernel update.  Now when I issue 
> '/sbin/shutdown now' the system goes into single user mode and I get a 
> sh prompt instead of the system shutting down.  On the other hand just 
> typing 'reboot' works fine.
> 
> I don't think I'm doing anything wrong.

The default behavior of the "shutdown" command is to drop to single-user
mode, unless it is passed the -r or -h flag on the command line.  You
can find more information in the shutdown(8) man page.

Cheers,

Nalin