Bug 45768 - "halt" does not turn off the system
Summary: "halt" does not turn off the system
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: usermode
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-06-25 08:38 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-06-25 08:38:36 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-06-25 08:38:31 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Command "halt" does not turn off system's power like it did in RedHat 
6.x/7.0. I have to use "halt -p" or "poweroff" to turn off the system.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. logon on as "root"
2. type "halt"
3. system shuts down but does not get turned off.
	

Actual Results:  It happens.

Additional info:

I have to add a system-wide alias:
alias halt='halt -p'
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-06-25 15:06:07 UTC 
This was changed to make the behavior more consistent. If you want to poweroff,
use 'poweroff'.
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