Since I’ve been manually updating using apt update, upgrade I also manually reboot using this command sudo init 6 Once I forgot sudo and it worked. I tested this using vanilla Ubuntu 14.04 and found sudo was mandatory Is having init 6 function without sudo normal or an oversight?

Direct copy from an answer to my question posed on Ask Ubuntu ... this sounds technically correct, but I question the wisdom It is a design feature that since 16.04 you do no longer need root privileges to shut down or reboot the system through any method. Instead the systemd and its systemctl t…

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