Questions tagged [systemd]
Systemd is a replacement for the classic init during boot.
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systemd falsly reports service as masked and it is not
I am trying to mask a service using sudo systemctl mask expressvpn.service and the outout comes as Failed to mask unit: File /etc/systemd/system/expressvpn.service already exists..
I tried These ...
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Waiting for mount before executing a systemd service
I have a problem during startup of my device running Embedded Linux. My systemd service runs before some partitions get mounted which is not acceptable.
I can list my mounts with command systemctl ...
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Using systemd, is it possible to restart a service/target only if not already up/started?
I have a serviceA.service which is a requirement to serviceB.service and serviceC.service.
serviceB.service and serviceC.service are grouped inside a target servicesX.target and need to be restarted ...
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windows manager session is getting logged out automatically started from systemd
I am using Arch Linux and lightdm as a display manager.
In my machine, I have bspwm and exwm window manager.
I am trying to integrate systemd user-specific service to start all the auto-start service ...
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systemd service “installer” which reinstalls other subsequent services which do not start up in this case
What could be the reason, why could it not work and how to solve the problem?
I have an "installer" and several other "firmware" services which are registered to systemd and ...
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run systemd service unit only when another service has finished
i want to schedule my backups and checks with systemd.
Therefore I have two service files with corresponding timer files:
borg.service and borg.timer: to start a borg backup daily (OnCalendar=daily)
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“old” udev - rules is activated a lot later than systemd-udev?
I have a machine that use both systemd-udev and some old udev rules (/etc/udev/rules.d).
One of the rules rename a specific network interface to something more readable and easy to remember.
So, ...
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Why does this tmux service fail to start via systemd?
$ sudo systemctl status ccrsTmux
● ccrsTmux.service - Start CCRS in the ccrs-session tmux session
Loaded: loaded (/nix/store/a9vvi2mlmszwnj7ahpzwln5ab639n3n2-unit-ccrsTmux.service/ccrsTmux....
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How to unmask a SystemD service unit on a remote machine?
I have a huuuge problem and need help. While trying to speed up the boot process on my LMDE4 machine by disabling/masking "unnecessary" services, I masked systemd-logind.service and can no ...
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Debian machine can't finalize DHCPREQUEST
I have two public IPs for my home connection, and I'm currently just using one (for my current firewall/router). I'd like to migrate from this router to a new one (Debian
based, mostly an excuse to ...
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Is it possible to write a systemd service that binds to each cpuX instance?
I'm trying to write a systemd .service unit as myservice@.service that automatically binds to each cpuX instance using %i when it start to create and register each instance as myservice@cpu0.service ...
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RHEL 7.9: While rebooting, systemd calls ExecStart, but not ExecStop
abc.service definition:
[Unit]
DefaultDependencies=no
Description=ABC service
RequiresMountsFor=/apps
After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service dnsmasq.service
Before=systemd-user-sessions....
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Stuck in single user mode after getting the log: systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB : executed by init(8) upon entering runlevel 1 (single)
I tried to enter in single user mode on Ubuntu 20.04 but after the login (or even without the login) it gave me the next log and then it stuck.
systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB : executed by init(8) ...
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`systemctl disable` deleted the unit file from /etc/systemd/system - is a dump of in-memory copy possible?
What happened:
I've placed the unit file (openmeetings.service in my case) to /etc/systemd/system (which was probably wrong place and my terrible mistake) and then started adjusting it to match my ...
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Running an overnight systemd timer on a suspended laptop
I'd like to schedule a regular overnight backup on a laptop (currently running Ubuntu 20.04), which is normally left suspended. Systemd timers seem like just the thing, but aren't quite working - the ...
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How can I trigger a process on start (boot) and stop (shutdown, reboot) using systemd units?
Similar, but not identical to Run script at shutdown/reboot with systemd:
I want to run a custom process using systemd when the system is going down (shutdown or reboot, maybe panic also), and when ...
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How to make gpg-agent to use socket activation for all gpg command request
I am using arch linux and using the gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.27
I configured gpg with
System service at /home/vipin/.local/share/systemd/user/ and using socket activation to start gpg-agent.service
gpg-agent-...
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gpg-agent ssh-support throwing sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed for RSA “(none)” from agent: agent refused
I am using Arch Linux and gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.27. Trying to do a ssh-support with gpg, This i used along with git ssh public key authetication. For that i created a pubic key from gpg.
When the socket ...
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Booting stops with systemd-fstab-generator “but it is not a device”
Since a few my arch (upgraded to latest packages today) is not booting properly.
[ 0.658449] nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field.
[ 0.851921] nvme nvme0: 16/0/0 default/read/poll queues
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configure outgoing ipv6 with systemd-networkd
I have the following systemd-network config and want to set the outgoing ipv6 address:
[Match]
MACAddress=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
[Network]
DNS=2001:4860:4860::8888
DNS=2001:4860:4860::8844
Gateway=2a01:...
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Is it safe to follow guides that refer to /etc/init.d scripts for OS that uses systemd?
I have Ubuntu 20.10 which uses systemd.
I have found this guide that refers to init.d scripts.
Is it safe for me to follow it?
Or init.d scripts are a System V thing, and my system uses systemd ...
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Migrate custom initctl emit command to systemctl (upstart to systemd)
I have a custom service (I did not create it) that stops multiple services. The server currently uses upstart, and I need to migrate to systemd. I discovered from this question that I cannot use ...
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Screen as a service on systemd wont start
I'm trying to run screen on a systemd service as startup, so i can check on it later if needed, on an interactive shell, but the session wont stay up, and apparently it doesn't even start.
This is my ...
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Cannot create a virtual access point interface before starting hostapd
I have a system that I'm trying to setup as a software access point. The NIC, however, has some kind of quirk and cannot be referenced directly by hostapd, but I need to create a virtual access point ...
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systemd error message : Failed to start LVM event activation on device 253:0
I have an Acer Notebook with Debian Linux 10.0. As may be seen from lsblk output below, root partition is on 256GB SSD at /var/home and SWAP is located on an LVM2 volume located on two LUKS encrypted ...
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To fork or not to fork in 2021?
Now days services are managed by systemd or can be easily wrapped with Debian's old start-stop-daemon utility for init.d.
Is there any cases when forking is preferred?
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Systemd service unit failed with result 'exit-code'
I have a python script that works fine if I run it with /usr/bin/python3.
But I would like to be able to run it from a bash file as root through a service unit from systemd. I want to be able to pass ...
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systemd[1]: Started Session c
I have lines like that - every 5 Minutes in my Logs:
Feb 13 05:30:04 myServer systemd[1]: session-c20840.scope: Succeeded.
Feb 13 05:30:04 myServer systemd[1]: Started Session c20841 of user bim-bom.
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Systemd: how to start service after another service started
I have these two services, one is Google start up script service and second one is redis service, I want to start redis service once the startup script service is started and done, I have these ...
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Custom Systemd service not finishing activation
This page on the Arch Wiki describes a systemd unit that can adjust the keyboard repeat rate in the tty, which I have written in my home directory and symlinked to the following directory:
/etc/...
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Kubuntu 20.04, Wireguard and systemd-resolved DNS leak
Fresh install of Kubuntu 20.04 (uses systemd-resolve by default) with Wireguard installed. I have a wg tunnel (going through a wifi interface wlp0s20f3) and all traffic is supposed to route through ...
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Systemd audit terminates my application
Some of my apps that are started vis systemd get reset after a period of inactivity (I think that is the reason). I get the following entry in the jounral control (-k) log:
Feb 01 08:42:11 imx8mqscs ...
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Having all systemd timers mail to root on error
cron sends an email to the crontab owner on job error.
How can i have systemd do the same when it runs a timer?
Note: I am not looking for a recipe for adding email notification to a specific service. ...
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How to attach to linux container started with systemd?
Long story short, I have a few unprivileged containers that run on boot that I used to be able to start from rc.local. That no longer works, and currently start them with a systemd unit. They start, ...
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systemd-networkd resets my static eth0.network configuration
I am running a custom Yocto based Linux with kernel version 5.4.41. I am using systemd-network to manage my networks.
root@box:~# systemctl --version
systemd 244 (244.3+)
+PAM -AUDIT -SELINUX +IMA -...
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not able to execute pyQT application using systemd
I am trying to execute the pyQt4 application program using systemd service, but the service status shows that the program is unable to connect to the X server.
[Unit]
Description = Test
After=multi-...
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How do I delay a script to allow FreeIPA to start first?
I have a handful of containers with a FreeIPA server against which all users authenticate. All the OS are linux. Some of my containers have services that are run on startup via systemd. Unfortunately ...
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Oscillate between running service A and B with systemd
A livingroom multimedia solution consists of Kodi and Chromium (.xinitrc: exec chromium-browser ...) ran by a Raspberry Pi.
If the two processes are ran together, Kodi overrides the screen, and there ...
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unable to make it so docker starts up automatically
Per https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/#configure-docker-to-start-on-boot I tried sudo systemctl enable docker. I then restarted and typed in sudo docker ps and... nothing.
When ...
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How to use IPv6 internet addresses on Linux with systemd-networkd
I have a problem with my providers internet router using IPv6 addresses and I realized that I do not really understand how to use IPv6 addresses. To get an idea I like to ask how to use the different ...
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Can we limit systemd journals log rotation to be per boot?
Most journalctl options seems to be around time and file size.
Is there any way to limit by number of reboots since that is what makes the most sense for a desktop?
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using proper /tmp on systemd service
Let's say i want to create a systemd service and I do want to use regular /tmp with no nonsense on top. I know, shocking, right?
I tried to read the manpage for tmpfile.d and there's nothing that ...
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Converting /etc/init.d service to systemd
I am in the process of converting an existing /etc/init.d service to systemd. It seemed to be working but I have encountered a strange issue. The systemd service will happily start with the command &...
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Mount overlay before starting services on Centos 8
I'm using centos 8 OS. I need to mount overlay on boot (for example to store /var/log on a different disk) before other services started.
My initial implementation was to write a service (/etc/systemd/...
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How to set permanent ACLs on hardware (/dev) devices in systemd?
I tried to prevent a user from accessing the webcam via systemd ACLs, but whatever I set is reset on a new login:
For regular files, this works just fine, with any access by userx to random_file ...
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How do I find which user sent a message (systemd) / mount encrypted zfs on login
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How do I send a message from a user to a daemon where the daemon is guaranteed that the message came from the user? Assuming the user might be malicious.
Original Problem
I'm on linux (arch ...
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I accidentally removed SYSTEM group & 'Authenticated Users' group from C:\ permissions in Windows 10
Hoping someone can help. I was following the instructions for 'Solution 6:' on this linked page in an attempt to fix a blank preview screen in the OBS Studio app
OBS Blank Preview Screen Fixes
Sadly ...
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Process /snap/code/52/usr/share/cod spawned by systemd has enormous CPU usage
This process seems to call itself and drains my CPU, causing laptop overheating.
$ ps -eo pid,ppid,cmd,%mem,%cpu --sort=-%mem | grep "/snap/code/52/usr/share/cod"
12843 3656 /snap/code/...
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how to change link's current scope to DNS?
I try to use following command to add dns to a bridge:
# systemd-resolve --interface virbr0 --set-dns 192.168.200.1 --set-domain vms
However the scope remains none:
Link 7 (virbr0)
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How to disable systemd timers “Succeeded” messages
Every 30 minutes we get a
Dec 10 02:09:00 fileserver systemd[1]: phpsessionclean.service: Succeeded.
message. We use logcheck to get an email when there is something in the log, but now after we ...
