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upstart package

  1. Bug #1174272
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1174272

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote : Re: 'reboot now' reverting to maintenance mode

"shutdown now" is supposed to switch to single-user mode (see bug 1065851).

"reboot now" is invalid - the shutdown command takes a time parameter (such as "now"), but the reboot command does not (see the man page). By specifying "reboot now" you are asking the system to reboot by running the "now" command, which is erroneous.