Public bug reported:
A forum thread has been opened first, describing the problem. For
reference, that forum thread can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2139160&p=12624806
Problem is described below:
When the command "reboot now" is issued:
root@server:~# reboot now
Broadcast message from root@server
(/dev/pts/0) at 00:00 ...
The system is going down to maintenance mode NOW!
A few moments later.. SSHd is killed, but the box responds to pings
(Inaccessible remotely unless a hard-reset is performed)
* Asking all remaining processes to terminate...
* Killing all remaining processes... [fail]
* Will now switch to single-user mode
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):
Just "reboot", and it works fine
root@server:~# reboot
Broadcast message from root@server
(/dev/pts/0) at 00:00 ...
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
Some distro's require a time / 'now' as an argument, and thus I became
accustomed to performing my reboots in this way. Now it seems to be a
potential trap that causes the machine not to reboot, which is
especially painful if we're talking about a headless/hosted dedicated
server. Even if ubuntu doesn't like 'reboot now' syntax, I still can't
understand why "reboot now" should bring the box to console maintenance
mode anyway - perhaps it should rather return an error, or syntax help
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: upstart 1.8-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-030900rc8-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 29 13:22:02 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-11 (870 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
(20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.9.0-030900rc8-generic
root=UUID=cde38363-cc5e-4b66-ba3d-f64dd0ed4987 ro quiet
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (3 days ago)
UpstartBugCategory: System
** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring
** Description changed:
A forum thread has been opened first, describing the problem. For
reference, that forum thread can be found here:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2139160&p=12624806#post12624806
+ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2139160&p=12624806
- Quote:
+ Problem is described below:
When the command "reboot now" is issued:
root@server:~# reboot now
Broadcast message from root@server
(/dev/pts/0) at 00:00 ...
The system is going down to maintenance mode NOW!
A few moments later.. SSHd is killed, but the box responds to pings
(Inaccessible remotely unless a hard-reset is performed)
* Asking all remaining processes to terminate...
* Killing all remaining processes... [fail]
* Will now switch to single-user mode
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):
Just "reboot", and it works fine
root@server:~# reboot
Broadcast message from root@server
(/dev/pts/0) at 00:00 ...
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
Some distro's require a time / 'now' as an argument, and thus I became
accustomed to performing my reboots in this way. Now it seems to be a
potential trap that causes the machine not to reboot, which is
especially painful if we're talking about a headless/hosted dedicated
server. Even if ubuntu doesn't like 'reboot now' syntax, I still can't
understand why "reboot now" should bring the box to console maintenance
mode anyway - perhaps it should rather return an error, or syntax help
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: upstart 1.8-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-030900rc8-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 29 13:22:02 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-11 (870 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
(20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
- TERM=xterm
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ TERM=xterm
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.9.0-030900rc8-generic
root=UUID=cde38363-cc5e-4b66-ba3d-f64dd0ed4987 ro quiet
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (3 days ago)
UpstartBugCategory: System
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