[Bug 1065851] Re: shutdown now command does not work

[James Hunt]

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

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Title:
  shutdown now command does not work

Status in Upstart:
  New
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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 shutdown.
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  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu9
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Tags:  quantal
  Uname: Linux 3.6.1-030601-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-21 (12 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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