[Bug 1603151] [NEW] systemctl isolate anyname.target not working

[Robert M. Koretsky]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 16.04 Cinammon, systemctl isolate multi-user.target hangs the system.
I've tried editing the multi-user.target file as a snippet, or the whole thing, but with no fix.
The system flashes a very momentary prompt to login as a single user without a GUI, but then the screen goes black and the system is hung.
Same on Linux Mint 18.
systemctl isolate multi-user.target works successfully on OpenSuse Leap 42.1, and CentOS 7, as I tested the command on these other systems to check. The glaring difference I noticed is that in the multi-user.target unit file, AllowIsolate and CanIsolate is set to yes in the other Linux systems, but to no in Ubuntu.

** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  systemctl isolate anyname.target not working

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 16.04 Cinammon, systemctl isolate multi-user.target hangs the system.
  I've tried editing the multi-user.target file as a snippet, or the whole thing, but with no fix.
  The system flashes a very momentary prompt to login as a single user without a GUI, but then the screen goes black and the system is hung.
  Same on Linux Mint 18.
  systemctl isolate multi-user.target works successfully on OpenSuse Leap 42.1, and CentOS 7, as I tested the command on these other systems to check. The glaring difference I noticed is that in the multi-user.target unit file, AllowIsolate and CanIsolate is set to yes in the other Linux systems, but to no in Ubuntu.

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