revno: 1475
committer: James Hunt
branch nick: upstart
timestamp: Tue 2013-05-07 09:59:05 +0100
message:
* util/man/shutdown.8: Specify default action is to bring system
down to single-user mode (LP: #1065851).
** Changed in: upstart
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
** Changed
'shutdown now' would typically shut the system down until recent updates
which also caused reboot now to enter single user mode. why would
'reboot' ever bring the system to single-user mode, even if the user
provides incorrect syntax? Incredibly unintuitive, not to mention
inconsistent. This is sti
shutdown man page updated upstream to clarify behaviour.
** Also affects: upstart
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: upstart
Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt)
** Changed in: upstart
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: upstart
Statu
This is correct behaviour - "shutdown now" is supposed to switch to
single-user mode unless an explicit option has been set to specify an
alternative form of shutdown. What you probably meant to type was
"shutdown -h now" which will halt the system (and generally power it off
too).
The man page fo
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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shutdown now command does not work
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** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => New
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** Description changed:
- using the command sudo shutdown now will cause the system to try to
- shutdown, but then it switches to single user mode instead, while
- selecting shutdown from a gui option will cause the system to actually
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