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Re: systemctl reboot fails (doesn't reboot)



On 3/1/19 5:53 PM, Gian Carlo wrote:
> Il 01/03/19 22:40, riveravaldez ha scritto:
>> Hi, I'm on debian-testing (updated), and found this issue:
>>
>> $ systemctl reboot
>> Failed to set wall message, ignoring: The name
>> org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files
>> Failed to reboot system via logind: The name
>> org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files
>> Failed to start reboot.target: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was
>> not provided by any .service files
>> See system logs and 'systemctl status reboot.target' for details.
>>
>> $ systemctl status reboot.target
>> reboot.target - Reboot
>> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reboot.target; disabled; vendor
>> preset: enabled)
>> Active: inactive (dead)
>> Docs: man:systemd.special(7)
>>
>> $ systemctl restart reboot.target
>> Failed to restart reboot.target: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
>> was not provided by any .service files
>> See system logs and 'systemctl status reboot.target' for details.
>>
>> But 'sudo reboot' worked.
>>
>> Any idea?
> 
> 
>> $ systemctl reboot
>> $ systemctl status reboot.target
>> $ systemctl restart reboot.target
> You are NOT root
> 
>> But 'sudo reboot' worked.
> After "sudo..." you are root
> 
> Bye,
> 
> gc
> 
> 

I'm curious as to why

$ systemctl restart reboot.target

is being used. On my systems

$ systemctl start reboot.target

results in a request for the root password. (And results for failure to type it correctly for a remote system via SSH often gets you punished with a non-responsive SSH session on the terminal.)

Am I misunderstanding the problem?


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