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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555171 Title: systemd does not shut down rsyslog To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1555171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs