At the time stop finish it already counts as inactive which seems wrong. While the processes still are up I got: $ systemctl is-active postgresql inactive $ systemctl status postgresql ● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL RDBMS Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2020-02-07 09:26:45 UTC; 28ms ago Process: 31910 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 31910 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 07 09:26:45 f systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL RDBMS... Feb 07 09:26:45 f systemd[1]: Started PostgreSQL RDBMS. Feb 07 09:26:45 f systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Succeeded. Feb 07 09:26:45 f systemd[1]: Stopped PostgreSQL RDBMS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862138 Title: "systemctl stop postgresql" fails to stop postgresql To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-common/+bug/1862138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs