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man/shutdown: document how to switch to single-user mode

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Before Debian switched to systemd, `shutdown now` would reset the system into
single user mode, doing roughly the equivalent of `telinit 1`.

Now, systemd's `shutdown` command does not behave that way; it defaults to
`poweroff` which might be confusing for users (like me) used to the previous
method.

Because I don't use the command often, I keep being stumped by this behavior,
and every time I look at the `shutdown(1)` manpage, I don't understand why I
can't find what I am looking for. This patch should make sure that people like
me find their way back to some sort of reason.

Maybe the *proper* way to fix this would be to restore the more classic
behavior, but I'm definitely not going to climb that hill. Besides, I clearly
remember the time I found out about the `shutdown` command and was *really*
confused when it brought me back to a command-line prompt. That was really
counter-intuitive and I find that change to actually be a good thing. So I'm
not proposing to change this behavior, merely document it better.

I originally added this to the `-P` option but it was suggested adding a new
`COMPATIBILITY` section instead, where other such issues could be added.

The `COMPATIBILITY` section is not actually officially documented. `man(1)`
talks about a `CONFORMING TO` section, but `shutdown(1)` is not
POSIX (`shutdown(2)` is, of course), so there's no actual standard on how this
should work.

The other option I considered was to add a `BUGS` section, but that seemed to
inflammatory, and definitely counter-productive.

(cherry picked from commit 9aafd310cc42716a923e0d40e56db7952e16a9a3)
(cherry picked from commit 78a8e938e44c76788a8c1d8dfa1f299cc5e2ba14)
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anarcat 2022-10-06 10:20:39 -04:00 committed by Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>The <command> shutdown</command> command in previous init systems (including sysvinit) defaulted to
single-user mode instead of powering off the machine. To change into single-user mode, use
<command>systemctl rescue</command> instead.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>