unable to shutdown / reboot my Debian 10 server
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#linux #debian #terminal #shutdown #reboot
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ANSWER 1
Score 60
Debian 10 has now fully switched to Systemd which means that the traditional commands to halt or reboot a system like 'shutdown -h now' or 'reboot' will not work anymore
Starting with Debian 10, you should use the commands systemctl poweroff or systemctl reboot.
Edit: It appears the above source was partially incorrect, you can still log in as root (see answer by Eugene) to run the old commands. If you don't want to log in as root, use systemctl.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 46
The trick on how to fix this inconvenience is to explicitly tell the su to set environment variable as if the user logs in directly. This is can be done by the use of - switch.
$ su -
ANSWER 3
Score 10
As root -> systemctl poweroff or systemctl reboot.
ANSWER 4
Score 0
Try:
nano /bin/reboot
add line: systemctl reboot
exit and save
chmod to your preffered execution level.
I'm sure there is a more elegant way to fix this but I am going to have a hard time remembering that only debian 10 requires a special reboot command. This works for me as long as I'm in su first.