Shutdown now
 

While logged in as root on Linux Fedora core, a program I was running required me to use the command "shutdown now." After Because it didn't seem to work, I tried again and got
"The system is going down to maintenance mode NOW"

Now I can't log into the server with putty or anything else.

How would I undo this and what program would I use?



Thanks,
KJI

next time if you are going to shut down do

shutdown -h now

just turn your pc off and boot back up should be fine.

What happened is that "shutdown now" sent you to runlevel 1. This is the default, if you don't use a switch like -h (halt) or -r (reboot), which disables all the networking stuff and sends you into what's essentially "safe mode".

Issuing 'init #' (typically 5) will return you to your gui, or you can just retry the shutdown command. This command has no long term effect on your system.

Oops, accidental repost. Forgot how to delete...

Thanks for the response guys, rebooting the server worked.