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I just installed a fresh ubuntu server 12.04. I log in over SSH and use sudo -s to get root access. Then I use shutdown now and the server closes the connection. I cannot access the server over SSH, FTP or HTTP anymore, it appears to be off. But it isn't. The server stays on, without being useful. Why? How can I shutdown the server with SSH?

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Possible dulpicate of askubuntu.com/questions/205674/… – maggotbrain Feb 4 at 9:51
no, rebooting does work – Camil Staps Feb 4 at 10:05
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I don't think this issue has anything to do with SSH. It just seems stuck in the shutdown procedure somewhere, or, the ACPI command isn't perfoming an actual power off (just a halt). Do you have physical access to a console of that server to clarify? (or remote-KVM, serial console, etc.) Oh, and have you tried adding the -h flag to shutdown like this? shutdown -h now – gertvdijk Feb 4 at 10:36
It shouldn't be stuck, it's a clean installation with only LAMP installed. shutdown -h now works (as does poweroff, mentioned in the first answer) – Camil Staps Feb 5 at 9:30

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You can try this command over SSH:

sudo poweroff
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Also you can specify password: ssh user@host 'echo password | sudo -S poweroff' – Dmitry Durkin Feb 4 at 11:10
It's generally not a good idea to specify passwords in commands like that (plain text). I've removed the SSH part from your question as the poweroff part is what it is about (and a good suggestion). Removed my earlier comment crititizing that now. +1 – gertvdijk Feb 4 at 11:16

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