Bug#898388: systemd-sysv: shutdown command always fails

[Meeuwissen Olaf]

Hi,

Michael Biebl writes:

> Am 14.05.2018 um 01:23 schrieb Meeuwissen Olaf:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Michael Biebl writes:
>>
>>> Am 11.05.2018 um 08:10 schrieb Meeuwissen Olaf:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the quick follow-up.
>>>>
>>>> Michael Biebl writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have set up unattended-upgrades to reboot my machine at 04:00 when
>>>>>> necessary.  Internally, unattended-upgrades runs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   /sbin/shutdown -r 04:00
>>>>>>
>>>>>> trying to achieve this.  This fails as evidenced by these (dated) log
>>>>>> messages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Apr 25 06:55:18 easy apt.systemd.daily[38369]: Found /var/run/reboot-required, rebooting
>>>>>>   Apr 25 06:55:18 easy apt.systemd.daily[38369]: Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
>>>>>
>>>>> [ ... ]
>>>>
>>>> FTR, after I install dbus, I get
>>>>
>>>>   $ sudo shutdown -r 04:00
>>>>   Shutdown scheduled for Sat 2018-05-12 04:00:00 JST, use 'shutdown -c' to cancel.
>>>
>>> Scheduled shutdowns require systemd-logind, which in turn requires
>>> dbus.
>>
>> In my initial bug report I included
>>
>>   root at debian:~$ shutdown -r 04:00
>>   Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
>>   root at debian:~$ shutdown -r
>>   Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
>>   root at debian:~$ shutdown
>>   Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
>>
>> What is scheduled about the last two commands?  The implicit "now"?
>
> Please read the manual for shutdown carefully:
>
> "If no time argument is specified, +1 is implied."
>
> So yes, all the examples you gave are scheduled shutdowns.

Sorry, my bad.  I missed that.  Instead my eyes got stuck on "now".

> If you use shutdown -h now (no scheduled shutdown), it should work
> without dbus.
>
> You said that shutdown is completely broken for you, are you implying
> that -h now does not work for you?

shutdown -h now works without dbus.  So the shutdown command is not
completely broken, just seriously broken :-/
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