>You should be executing /sbin/shutdown. If you just type "shutdown" then >that will execute /usr/bin/shutdown, which is a link to consolehelper, >which is what you are seeing. > >So to reboot a redhat box its: /sbin/shutdown -r now If you are going to do it instalantly, i.e., not give a time warning to users, a simple "reboot" will do for rebooting and a simeple "halt" will do for shutting it down. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bart: Hey, why is it destroying other toys? Lisa: They must have programmed it to eliminate the competition. Bart: You mean like Microsoft? Lisa: Exactly. [The Simpsons - 12/18/99] Visit - URL:http://www.vidiot.com/ (Your link to Star Trek and UPN) -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.