In article <Marcel-1.20-0212184536-1cbLJLo@fan54.xemplar.co.uk> you write:
> Yes, that produces the same outcome (using shutdown -fr now). The
> machine _looks_ as though it is shutting down from the messages on the
> console, but it doesn't get any further than killing most of the
> processes (This is from the CGI script, BTW).

What user is the CGI script running as?