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If username (-u) and password (-w) are not provided on the command line, the user will be prompted for them before the server can shutdown.
The full set of geronimo/stop-server options can be seen in gshell using the --help option

Due to a bug in Geronimo v2.1 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3845), stop-server will only work if you use system as your admin username and manager as your password. This bug will be addressed in the next Geronimo release. You can always use the shutdown command (shutdwon.sh|bat) to stop your server.

Connecting to an Already Running Geronimo Instance

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