# \#shutdown

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## [Community.general.shutdown Interactive authentication required](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-shutdown-interactive-authentication-required/1728)

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**Author:** [@charlespick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/charlespick)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-shutdown-interactive-authentication-required/1728 "2023-10-30T02:08:00Z")

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Getting the following error when using community.general.shutdown in a playbook on a Ubuntu host: fatal: \[obico01.makerland.xyz\]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": false, "msg": "Shutdown command failed. Error was Failed to set wa…