Questions tagged [systemd]
Systemd is a replacement for the classic init during boot.
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systemd twice mounts entry in fstab during boot, first attempt fails with bad option, second one works fine
Running Debian 5.10 within QEMU, I'm using the 9pfs file system to access files stored on my host system, as Debian comes with built-in support and QEMU supports that file system natively.
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systemd shutdown what does -h mean when combined with --halt?
the systemd shutdown documentation at https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/shutdown.8.html says that -h changes meaning when combined with --halt, but it doesn't elaborate, so what does -h mean when ...
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How does WSL/WSL2/WSLg work without systemd?
As I've understood it, systemd is Linuxes' "master"-daemon, managing all other processes right after it has been started up and run its init-function.
Since I had this (now resolved) issue, ...
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How can I see the results of systemd-networkd DHCP v6 request
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 server with netplan.io removed. I have enabled systemd-networkd.
One of my network interfaces ens9 is plugged into my cable modem. I have configured it like this with ...
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Docker with systemd and systemctl
I want to make a docker container that can run systemctl and systemd commands.
I am new to docker and never have I ever learnt about docker.
I have a docker file but dont know where should i place ...
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CentOS/RHEL user-systemd with network home directories
I'm trying to deploy podman user services in a corporate network environment where all Linux users have their home directories NFS-mounted from a common file server. I'm not sure how to have computer-...
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Arch linux — polkit auth_admin_keep setting doesn't remember authorization?
Today, after I entered the password for the service shutdown/start process with systemctl, I wanted to set it to not ask for permission for 5-10 minutes. That's why when I entered the policy settings, ...
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Why is my PostgreSQL startup service not working properly until I restart it manually after reboot?
I have PostgreSQL running on my Linux server.
PostgreSQL is enabled and is active after reboot.
In the config file from PostgreSQL I enabled remote access. But every time after I reboot my device, the ...
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The ezstream service quits unexpectedly
I have Icecast started at boot, running in the background, thus:
# systemctl status icecast2
● icecast2.service - LSB: Icecast2 streaming media server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/icecast2; ...
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systemd: Custom snmpd .so agent randomly able and unable to write custom information under /etc/snmp/
I have created a dynamically loadable object .so agent for snmpd. The agent takes care of responding to some of the queries in oid space. The agent writes security information under /etc/snmpd/...
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Ubuntu reboot freeze
I have a Ubuntu 20.04 host.
But when I tried to boot it, it said default.target not found.
And I tried to enter rescue mode and emergency mode, both of them failed.
Please help me.
system [1]: Unit ...
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Using systemd, how to auto-restart services A and B whenever A crashes?
B depends on A. Whenever A crashes, I'd like systemd to restart A and B.
What I've been able to do
With BindsTo=a.service and After=a.service written in b.service file, manually restarting A (with ...
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cyclic dependencies with mount points, NFS shares and symlinks
As storage capacity is almost reached, I need to move the contents of the DOCUMENT_ROOT directory to a new disk.
As it is quite difficult to change the directory, I just would like to use the /var/www ...
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what does systemd's [Manager] DumpCore option do?
On my system (Debian 11), /etc/systemd/system.conf has a DumpCore option (boolean) in the [Manager] section:
$ cat /etc/systemd/system.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
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How to know if my networkd configuration was successful?
I am writing a small program to reconfigure network interfaces for device, which uses systemd and networkd.
If I modify network configuration files, I need to do networkctl reload for changes to take ...
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Efficient rotation of non-journal logs with systemd?
I'm moving a service from ECS on AWS to EC2 and as part of that need to figure out log handling. The service generates about 30GB of logs per day per instance. I'm using systemd to start the service ...
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How to run a command/process through Linux systemd after screen wake up?
I have an old Linux problem without any solution so maybe you can help me please?!
Are there any possibilites to run a cli command/start a process through any systemd handled event after screen wake-...
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systemd service dropin, ExecStartPre as root user
I have a web service running using systemd, this service runs by its own user, and I would like to execute some ExecStartPre commands but running as root user. So more in detail:
i.e /lib/systemd/...
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What is wrong with KillMode none or process in SystemD?
The systemd.kill docs have the following to say about KillMode:
KillMode=
Specifies how processes of this unit shall be killed. One of control-group, mixed, process, none.
If set to control-group, ...
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which misconfiguration causes system resets when tmpfs reaches its limits?
On an embedded system, there are 2 tmpfs mounts. 1GB mounted to /tmp and another 1GB mounted to /run, total RAM is 8GB. No swap is used.
If one of those reaches its limits, system resets itself.
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Raspberry PI / systemd: run script on shutdown/poweroff but not on restart
On Raspberry PI (running raspbian) I need to run script on shutdown/poweroff, but not on reboot.
My first attempt was to define a service as following:
[Unit]
Description=Power off service
[Service]
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Restart service after resume only if it was active
I need to restart a faulty openvpn service which gets screwed by suspend/resume. My idea is to create a dedicated restart service as documented in many places (e.g. here), but I want the restart to ...
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DRYing up my Service files for Systemd
Right now I have systemd service files with 20+ environment variables in them, expressed as Environment= This is a lot of duplication that I would like to git rid of since I have systemd files for ...
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Can't get script to run from systemd service
I'm trying to set up a systemd service in Debian11 Stable to ultimately set up a timer. For some reason even though I can run the script manually, when I run the service nothing happens. This is /etc/...
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How should systemd-resolved and docker interact?
This section specifies that a Docker container gets a copy of the host's /etc/resolv.conf. However, when i run a simple container on Fedora 34, i get a different result:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
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How can I have my service be the first service to begin stopping on system reboot/shutdown?
I am trying to have a custom service shutdown an application on reboot, I can get the service file to work correctly up to a point, that point being that the my custom service needs to be brought down ...
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SSH forwarding exits when started from systemd service
I'm trying to configure SSH forwarding as systemd service. But instead of running indefinitely it exits. What am I doing wrong?
Systemd User Service
[Unit]
Description=Forwarder Service
After=network....
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replacing dnsmasq w/ systemd-resolved - alternative to 'address' directive
Been using dnsmasq for ages - mostly for local caching and blocking out dubious domains.
Now I have need for split-DNS, so it's time to switch to systemd-resolved.
One major feature I'm using from ...
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Mount home subdirectory automatically after systemd-homed user login
I have a LUKS-encrypted systemd-homed setup, so my home directory is locked until the user authenticates.
Now, I want to setup automatic bind mount between my home sub-directory and a directory at ...
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Interrupt Linux Suspend/Hibernate
I have a dual boot setup of Ubuntu and Windows with shared partitions. What I want to do is be able to hibernate them and then just wake them up individually. Now, this is simple enough. However, ...
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systemd & logrotate: missing error messages in systemd journal
I have just discovered a problem that I don't understand (SLES15 SP2):
I had mis-configured one logrotate service (in /etc/logrotate.d).
In SLES 15 logrotate.service is triggered by logrotate.timer ...
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Ubuntu / systemd fails to mount bindfs mount on boot
On my Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS server running as KVM VM, I have defined 4 custom mount points in order to access the host's filesystem. Two of them are 9p mounts and two of them are bindfs mounts that are ...
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systemd get a number of running instances of myService
I'm running several service instances using systemd, like this
systemctl start myservice@{10001..10002}
and this command runs two instances of myservice, namely
myservice@10001
myservice@10002
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No user groups when luching from krunner (systemd --user)
I've noticed that when running konsole via that krunner, id do not return any additional groups. When konsole is launched from the activator bar menu, id return proper groups.
Looks for me like ...
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Systemd can't find unit but can `cat`/`status` it?
Systemd seems to not be able to find this unit when attempting to start it, but all other operations seem to work.
bash-4.2# systemctl daemon-reload
bash-4.2# systemctl start xyzzy.service
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systemd-networkd: What is the configuration file precedence
I have a system I need to configure via systemd-networkd. For configuring the ethernet adapter eth0 I created a file /etc/systemd/network/eth.network with the following contents:
[Match]
Name=eth*
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systemd user service does not start at boot
Seems my user service didn't run at all after reboot and user login.
$ cat ~/.config/systemd/user/ibus.service
[Unit]
Description=Intelligent Input Bus
Documentation=man:ibus-daemon(1)
Conflicts=fcitx....
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Postgresql unix domain socket with password authentication
It looks like postgresql supports either of the below
Use tcp (i.e. localhost:5432) with password authentication
Use Unix domain scoket (i.e /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 ) with peer/trust ...
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systemd's SupplementaryGroups also applicable to worker processes spawned by the main process of the service?
I have to set up a systemd service for an application that is not allowed to run as root, but must access a private key file and elevated ports.
Usually the private keys are protected in a way that ...
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Device nodes randomly disappear in Linux
I use vanilla Arch Linux with systemd. I made a psot on the Arch BBS to no avail, so I'm posting here.
Problem description:
I've been on this install for more than a year and never had this issue. I ...
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domain-based routing with systemd-resolved
I know this has been discussed many times, also on this forum, but I still haven't been able to get a complete answer.
I'm trying to use a certain DNS server when resolving a certain domain.
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Debian: xinit with startx always returns exit code 0
I am starting kiosk mode application (Electron based) with startx in systemd service. I need to stop service when application is exited with specified exit code. The user running service is not in ...
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openSUSE tumbleweed 20211025 not rebooting or shutting down
The problem is as simple as trying to reboot my system. It does not work. Even on a fresh start/power on. I am using KDE by the way. My system info is below.
These are the last lines of systemd output:...
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WSL2 Doesnt run GUI applications and keeps waiting
I followed the tutorial from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps
Everything worked perfectly, i managed to run gedit.
I then wanted to install sosumi with snapd, and there ...
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X0tigervnc run as logged user
I have issue with start VNC server as actual logged user in gui.
I have PCs where are users rotate (more users on one pc). I need have running VNC server every time when is user logged in for shering ...
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How to automatically start and stop a systemd unit based on a file PathChanged option?
I need to be able to automatically start and stop a service based on if a specific file's path is changed.
If I just use a .service and .path file, enable, and start both, this will restrict the unit ...
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Configure systemd-network vlans that don't auto-start
Question: Under systemd-networkd, how do I configure a VLAN that doesn't automatically come up on system boot?
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I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 server. My workstation has two network interfaces. eth0 ...
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systemctl start SERVICE does not start all of SERVICE@*
When I run systemctl start openvpn the openvpn@server_tap starts.
But I created another server config /etc/openvpn/server_tun and another service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/openvpn@...
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How to use more image decompression cores when resuming from hibernation on Ubuntu 20.04?
Currently, I'm using the default systemd hibernation, which is TuxOnIce and when I'm resuming my session I get a log saying something like "Using 3 cores to decompress image", which is not a ...
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How can a reverse-SSH connection be launched and maintained on Ubuntu boot with systemd?
My mum has a wee laptop that needs, when it boots up, to reverse-SSH connect itself to a server (so I can help out when needed).
I'm struggling to get the connection to persist when it is started by ...
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