S.J. Borrill wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Neil A. Carson wrote:
> 
> > Would it help if you did 'exec shutdown' from the script? Maybe then the
> > controling shell will actually be replaced by shutdown. Just a
> > thought...
> 
> That doesn't seem to help. It gets even worse if you try and do it from a
> cgi script. Most of the processes die, but not all (inetd, nfsd, mountd,
> init, etc. are left). Any shells open continue to be usable. You then
> still need to type halt atan open shell to shut the machine down (Woe
> betide you if you don't have an open shell; all the getty processes have
> died so you can't log in and so you can't sync the discs)

Ah, a shame. Maybe it'd be best to post the request to current-users,
and make sure this is the expected behaviour, together with finding a
solution. I'm sure someone there can help you out.

	Neil