Nevermind. Apparently "systemctl stop <service>" doesn't do what I thought it should do. Rsyslogd can be stopped with:
systemctl disable rsyslog systemctl stop rsyslog After issuing the disable command, the stop command worked as I expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555171 Title: systemd does not shut down rsyslog Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This bug is 100% reproducible. Example output: Script started on Wed 09 Mar 2016 10:04:42 AM EST root@flea:/etc/init.d# ps -ef | grep rsyslog syslog 5219 1 0 10:04 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n root 5240 5227 0 10:04 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto root@flea:/etc/init.d# systemctl stop rsyslog Warning: Stopping rsyslog.service, but it can still be activated by: syslog.socket root@flea:/etc/init.d# systemctl stop syslog Warning: Stopping syslog.service, but it can still be activated by: syslog.socket root@flea:/etc/init.d# systemctl stop rsyslogd Failed to stop rsyslogd.service: Unit rsyslogd.service not loaded. root@flea:/etc/init.d# ps -ef | grep rsyslog syslog 5254 1 0 10:05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n root 5263 5227 0 10:05 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto root@flea:/etc/init.d# exit Script done on Wed 09 Mar 2016 10:05:12 AM EST To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1555171/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
