shutdown command

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 14/02/12 16:23, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Sam Sebastian<sebastiansam55 at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> when i run the shutdown command from the terminal (sudo) it does not
>>> shutdown the computer, it just goes to the screen, i really don't know
>>> what
>>> its called its the same one that shows up in boot up and when you do
>>> "sudo
>>> service lxdm restart" or something similar. Is the something that i am
>>> missing?
>>
>> I suppose you did not specify a command line argument like -P.
>>
>>
>> Example: shutdown -P now
>>
>> If you do not specify a command line argument, shutdown changes the
>> current runlevel of the system, to Single User runlevel (where you are
>> the root).
>>
>> It is equivalent of selecting the "recovery mode" entry in the boot menu.
>
>
>
> The simple word "halt" will do it - without all the additional cruft.

I am using poweroff myself.


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