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 for shutdown does need updating to show the default action of "switch to runlevel 1" though. ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065851 Title: shutdown now command does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1065851/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
