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| <refentry id="systemctl" |
| xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
| |
| <refentryinfo> |
| <title>systemctl</title> |
| <productname>systemd</productname> |
| |
| <authorgroup> |
| <author> |
| <contrib>Developer</contrib> |
| <firstname>Lennart</firstname> |
| <surname>Poettering</surname> |
| <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> |
| </author> |
| </authorgroup> |
| </refentryinfo> |
| |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle> |
| <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> |
| </refmeta> |
| |
| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>systemctl</refname> |
| <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>systemctl</command> |
| <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> |
| <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg> |
| <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Description</title> |
| |
| <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to |
| introspect and control the state of the |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| system and service manager.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Options</title> |
| |
| <para>The following options are understood:</para> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-t</option></term> |
| <term><option>--type=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit |
| types such as <option>service</option> and |
| <option>socket</option>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>If one of the arguments is a unit type, when listing |
| units, limit display to certain unit types. Otherwise, units |
| of all types will be shown.</para> |
| |
| <para>As a special case, if one of the arguments is |
| <option>help</option>, a list of allowed values will be |
| printed and the program will exit.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--state=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit LOAD, |
| SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only those |
| in specified states.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-p</option></term> |
| <term><option>--property=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When showing unit/job/manager properties with the |
| <command>show</command> command, limit display to certain |
| properties as specified as argument. If not specified, all |
| set properties are shown. The argument should be a |
| comma-separated list of property names, such as |
| <literal>MainPID</literal>. If specified more than once, all |
| properties with the specified names are shown.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-a</option></term> |
| <term><option>--all</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When listing units, show all loaded units, regardless |
| of their state, including inactive units. When showing |
| unit/job/manager properties, show all properties regardless |
| whether they are set or not.</para> |
| <para>To list all units installed on the system, use the |
| <command>list-unit-files</command> command instead.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-r</option></term> |
| <term><option>--recursive</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When listing units, also show units of local |
| containers. Units of local containers will be prefixed with |
| the container name, separated by a single colon character |
| (<literal>:</literal>).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--reverse</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show reverse dependencies between units with |
| <command>list-dependencies</command>, i.e. units with |
| dependencies of type <varname>Wants=</varname> or |
| <varname>Requires=</varname> on the given unit. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--after</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the |
| units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other |
| words, list the units that are in the <varname>After=</varname> |
| directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in |
| their <varname>Before=</varname> directive, or are otherwise |
| implicit dependencies of the specified unit.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--before</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the |
| units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other |
| words, list the units that are in the <varname>Before=</varname> |
| directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in |
| their <varname>After=</varname> directive, or otherwise depend |
| on the specified unit.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-l</option></term> |
| <term><option>--full</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries, |
| journal output, or truncate unit descriptions in the output |
| of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>, |
| <command>list-jobs</command>, and |
| <command>list-timers</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--show-types</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When showing sockets, show the type of the socket.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--job-mode=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When queuing a new job, this option controls how to deal with |
| already queued jobs. It takes one of <literal>fail</literal>, |
| <literal>replace</literal>, |
| <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal>, |
| <literal>isolate</literal>, |
| <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>, |
| <literal>ignore-requirements</literal> or |
| <literal>flush</literal>. Defaults to |
| <literal>replace</literal>, except when the |
| <command>isolate</command> command is used which implies the |
| <literal>isolate</literal> job mode.</para> |
| |
| <para>If <literal>fail</literal> is specified and a requested |
| operation conflicts with a pending job (more specifically: |
| causes an already pending start job to be reversed into a stop |
| job or vice versa), cause the operation to fail.</para> |
| |
| <para>If <literal>replace</literal> (the default) is |
| specified, any conflicting pending job will be replaced, as |
| necessary.</para> |
| |
| <para>If <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal> is specified, |
| operate like <literal>replace</literal>, but also mark the new |
| jobs as irreversible. This prevents future conflicting |
| transactions from replacing these jobs. The jobs can still be |
| cancelled using the <command>cancel</command> command.</para> |
| |
| <para><literal>isolate</literal> is only valid for start |
| operations and causes all other units to be stopped when the |
| specified unit is started. This mode is always used when the |
| <command>isolate</command> command is used.</para> |
| |
| <para><literal>flush</literal> will cause all queued jobs to |
| be canceled when the new job is enqueued.</para> |
| |
| <para>If <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal> is specified, |
| then all unit dependencies are ignored for this new job and |
| the operation is executed immediately. If passed, no required |
| units of the unit passed will be pulled in, and no ordering |
| dependencies will be honored. This is mostly a debugging and |
| rescue tool for the administrator and should not be used by |
| applications.</para> |
| |
| <para><literal>ignore-requirements</literal> is similar to |
| <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>, but only causes the |
| requirement dependencies to be ignored, the ordering |
| dependencies will still be honoured.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-i</option></term> |
| <term><option>--ignore-inhibitors</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When system shutdown or a sleep state is requested, |
| ignore inhibitor locks. Applications can establish inhibitor |
| locks to avoid that certain important operations (such as CD |
| burning or suchlike) are interrupted by system shutdown or a |
| sleep state. Any user may take these locks and privileged |
| users may override these locks. If any locks are taken, |
| shutdown and sleep state requests will normally fail |
| (regardless of whether privileged or not) and a list of active locks |
| is printed. However, if <option>--ignore-inhibitors</option> |
| is specified, the locks are ignored and not printed, and the |
| operation attempted anyway, possibly requiring additional |
| privileges.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-q</option></term> |
| <term><option>--quiet</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Suppress output to standard output in |
| <command>snapshot</command>, |
| <command>is-active</command>, |
| <command>is-failed</command>, |
| <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-block</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do not synchronously wait for the requested operation |
| to finish. If this is not specified, the job will be |
| verified, enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will |
| wait until it is completed. By passing this argument, it is |
| only verified and enqueued.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-legend</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and |
| the footer with hints.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" /> |
| <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" /> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, |
| reboot.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--global</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>, operate on the global user |
| configuration directory, thus enabling or disabling a unit |
| file globally for all future logins of all users.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-reload</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>, do not implicitly reload daemon |
| configuration after executing the changes.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>start</command> and related |
| commands, disables asking for passwords. Background services |
| may require input of a password or passphrase string, for |
| example to unlock system hard disks or cryptographic |
| certificates. Unless this option is specified and the |
| command is invoked from a terminal, |
| <command>systemctl</command> will query the user on the |
| terminal for the necessary secrets. Use this option to |
| switch this behavior off. In this case, the password must be |
| supplied by some other means (for example graphical password |
| agents) or the service might fail. This also disables |
| querying the user for authentication for privileged |
| operations.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose which |
| processes to send a signal to. Must be one of |
| <option>main</option>, <option>control</option> or |
| <option>all</option> to select whether to kill only the main |
| process, the control process or all processes of the |
| unit. The main process of the unit is the one that defines |
| the life-time of it. A control process of a unit is one that |
| is invoked by the manager to induce state changes of it. For |
| example, all processes started due to the |
| <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>, |
| <varname>ExecStop=</varname> or |
| <varname>ExecReload=</varname> settings of service units are |
| control processes. Note that there is only one control |
| process per unit at a time, as only one state change is |
| executed at a time. For services of type |
| <varname>Type=forking</varname>, the initial process started |
| by the manager for <varname>ExecStart=</varname> is a |
| control process, while the process ultimately forked off by |
| that one is then considered the main process of the unit (if |
| it can be determined). This is different for service units |
| of other types, where the process forked off by the manager |
| for <varname>ExecStart=</varname> is always the main process |
| itself. A service unit consists of zero or one main process, |
| zero or one control process plus any number of additional |
| processes. Not all unit types manage processes of these |
| types however. For example, for mount units, control processes |
| are defined (which are the invocations of |
| <filename>/usr/bin/mount</filename> and |
| <filename>/usr/bin/umount</filename>), but no main process |
| is defined. If omitted, defaults to |
| <option>all</option>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-s</option></term> |
| <term><option>--signal=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose which |
| signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the |
| well known signal specifiers such as <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant> or |
| <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If omitted, defaults to |
| <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-f</option></term> |
| <term><option>--force</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>enable</command>, overwrite |
| any existing conflicting symlinks.</para> |
| |
| <para>When used with <command>halt</command>, |
| <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> or |
| <command>kexec</command>, execute the selected operation |
| without shutting down all units. However, all processes will |
| be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or |
| remounted read-only. This is hence a drastic but relatively |
| safe option to request an immediate reboot. If |
| <option>--force</option> is specified twice for these |
| operations, they will be executed immediately without |
| terminating any processes or unmounting any file |
| systems. Warning: specifying <option>--force</option> twice |
| with any of these operations might result in data |
| loss.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--root=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with |
| <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command> |
| (and related commands), use alternative root path when |
| looking for unit files.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--runtime</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>enable</command>, |
| <command>disable</command>, |
| (and related commands), make changes only temporarily, so |
| that they are lost on the next reboot. This will have the |
| effect that changes are not made in subdirectories of |
| <filename>/etc</filename> but in <filename>/run</filename>, |
| with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter |
| is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para> |
| |
| <para>Similarly, when used with |
| <command>set-property</command>, make changes only |
| temporarily, so that they are lost on the next |
| reboot.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-n</option></term> |
| <term><option>--lines=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>status</command>, controls the |
| number of journal lines to show, counting from the most |
| recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument. Defaults to |
| 10.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-o</option></term> |
| <term><option>--output=</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>status</command>, controls the |
| formatting of the journal entries that are shown. For the |
| available choices, see |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. |
| Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--plain</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with <command>list-dependencies</command>, |
| the output is printed as a list instead of a tree.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" /> |
| <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" /> |
| |
| <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> |
| <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> |
| <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" /> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Commands</title> |
| |
| <para>The following commands are understood:</para> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Unit Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-units <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List known units (subject to limitations specified |
| with <option>-t</option>). If one or more |
| <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only |
| units matching one of them are shown.</para> |
| |
| <para>This is the default command.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-sockets <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List socket units ordered by listening address. |
| If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are |
| specified, only socket units matching one of them are |
| shown. Produces output similar to |
| <programlisting> |
| LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES |
| /dev/initctl systemd-initctl.socket systemd-initctl.service |
| ... |
| [::]:22 sshd.socket sshd.service |
| kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service |
| |
| 5 sockets listed.</programlisting> |
| Note: because the addresses might contains spaces, this output |
| is not suitable for programmatic consumption. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>See also the options <option>--show-types</option>, |
| <option>--all</option>, and <option>--failed</option>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-timers <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List timer units ordered by the time they elapse |
| next. If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s |
| are specified, only units matching one of them are shown. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>See also the options <option>--all</option> and |
| <option>--failed</option>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>start <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Start (activate) one or more units specified on the |
| command line.</para> |
| |
| <para>Note that glob patterns operate on a list of currently |
| loaded units. Units which are not active and are not in a |
| failed state usually are not loaded, and would not be |
| matched by any pattern. In addition, in case of |
| instantiated units, systemd is often unaware of the |
| instance name until the instance has been started. Therefore, |
| using glob patterns with <command>start</command> |
| has limited usefulness.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>stop <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Stop (deactivate) one or more units specified on the |
| command line.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reload <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Asks all units listed on the command line to reload |
| their configuration. Note that this will reload the |
| service-specific configuration, not the unit configuration |
| file of systemd. If you want systemd to reload the |
| configuration file of a unit, use the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> command. In other words: |
| for the example case of Apache, this will reload Apache's |
| <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the web server, not the |
| <filename>apache.service</filename> systemd unit |
| file.</para> |
| |
| <para>This command should not be confused with the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> or <command>load</command> |
| commands.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Restart one or more units specified on the command |
| line. If the units are not running yet, they will be |
| started.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Restart one or more units specified on the command |
| line if the units are running. This does nothing if units are not |
| running. Note that, for compatibility with Red Hat init |
| scripts, <command>condrestart</command> is equivalent to this |
| command.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not, |
| restart them instead. If the units are not running yet, they |
| will be started.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reload-or-try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not, |
| restart them instead. This does nothing if the units are not |
| running. Note that, for compatibility with SysV init scripts, |
| <command>force-reload</command> is equivalent to this |
| command.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>isolate <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Start the unit specified on the command line and its |
| dependencies and stop all others.</para> |
| |
| <para>This is similar to changing the runlevel in a |
| traditional init system. The <command>isolate</command> |
| command will immediately stop processes that are not enabled |
| in the new unit, possibly including the graphical |
| environment or terminal you are currently using.</para> |
| |
| <para>Note that this is allowed only on units where |
| <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is enabled. See |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| for details.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>kill <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the |
| unit. Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to select which |
| process to kill. Use <option>--signal=</option> to select |
| the signal to send.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>is-active <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Check whether any of the specified units are active |
| (i.e. running). Returns an exit code |
| <constant>0</constant> if at least one is active, or |
| non-zero otherwise. Unless <option>--quiet</option> is |
| specified, this will also print the current unit state to |
| standard output.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>is-failed <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Check whether any of the specified units are in a |
| "failed" state. Returns an exit code |
| <constant>0</constant> if at least one has failed, |
| non-zero otherwise. Unless <option>--quiet</option> is |
| specified, this will also print the current unit state to |
| standard output.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>status</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>...]</optional></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show terse runtime status information about one or |
| more units, followed by most recent log data from the |
| journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If |
| combined with <option>--all</option>, also show the status of |
| all units (subject to limitations specified with |
| <option>-t</option>). If a PID is passed, show information |
| about the unit the process belongs to.</para> |
| |
| <para>This function is intended to generate human-readable |
| output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, |
| use <command>show</command> instead. By default this |
| function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes |
| lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes |
| with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>, |
| see above. In addition, <command>journalctl |
| --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or |
| <command>journalctl |
| --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use |
| a similar filter for messages and might be more |
| convenient. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>show</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</optional></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show properties of one or more units, jobs, or the |
| manager itself. If no argument is specified, properties of |
| the manager will be shown. If a unit name is specified, |
| properties of the unit is shown, and if a job id is |
| specified, properties of the job is shown. By default, empty |
| properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to |
| show those too. To select specific properties to show, use |
| <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be |
| used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use |
| <command>status</command> if you are looking for formatted |
| human-readable output.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>cat <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show backing files of one or more units. Prints the |
| "fragment" and "drop-ins" (source files) of units. Each |
| file is preceded by a comment which includes the file |
| name.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>set-property <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>ASSIGNMENT</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the specified unit properties at runtime where |
| this is supported. This allows changing configuration |
| parameter properties such as resource control settings at |
| runtime. Not all properties may be changed at runtime, but |
| many resource control settings (primarily those in |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) |
| may. The changes are applied instantly, and stored on disk |
| for future boots, unless <option>--runtime</option> is |
| passed, in which case the settings only apply until the |
| next reboot. The syntax of the property assignment follows |
| closely the syntax of assignments in unit files.</para> |
| |
| <para>Example: <command>systemctl set-property foobar.service CPUShares=777</command></para> |
| |
| <para>Note that this command allows changing multiple |
| properties at the same time, which is preferable over |
| setting them individually. Like unit file configuration |
| settings, assigning the empty list to list parameters will |
| reset the list.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>help <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show manual pages for one or more units, if |
| available. If a PID is given, the manual pages for the unit |
| the process belongs to are shown.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reset-failed [<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reset the <literal>failed</literal> state of the |
| specified units, or if no unit name is passed, reset the state of all |
| units. When a unit fails in some way (i.e. process exiting |
| with non-zero error code, terminating abnormally or timing |
| out), it will automatically enter the |
| <literal>failed</literal> state and its exit code and status |
| is recorded for introspection by the administrator until the |
| service is restarted or reset with this command.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-dependencies <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Shows required and wanted units of the specified |
| unit. If no unit is specified, |
| <filename>default.target</filename> is implied. Target units |
| are recursively expanded. When <option>--all</option> is |
| passed, all other units are recursively expanded as |
| well.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Unit File Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-unit-files <optional><replaceable>PATTERN...</replaceable></optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List installed unit files. If one or more |
| <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only |
| units whose filename (just the last component of the path) |
| matches one of them are shown.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>enable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Enable one or more unit files or unit file instances, |
| as specified on the command line. This will create a number |
| of symlinks as encoded in the <literal>[Install]</literal> |
| sections of the unit files. After the symlinks have been |
| created, the systemd configuration is reloaded (in a way that |
| is equivalent to <command>daemon-reload</command>) to ensure |
| the changes are taken into account immediately. Note that |
| this does <emphasis>not</emphasis> have the effect of also |
| starting any of the units being enabled. If this |
| is desired, a separate <command>start</command> command must |
| be invoked for the unit. Also note that in case of instance |
| enablement, symlinks named the same as instances are created in |
| the install location, however they all point to the same |
| template unit file.</para> |
| |
| <para>This command will print the actions executed. This |
| output may be suppressed by passing <option>--quiet</option>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>Note that this operation creates only the suggested |
| symlinks for the units. While this command is the |
| recommended way to manipulate the unit configuration |
| directory, the administrator is free to make additional |
| changes manually by placing or removing symlinks in the |
| directory. This is particularly useful to create |
| configurations that deviate from the suggested default |
| installation. In this case, the administrator must make sure |
| to invoke <command>daemon-reload</command> manually as |
| necessary to ensure the changes are taken into account. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>Enabling units should not be confused with starting |
| (activating) units, as done by the <command>start</command> |
| command. Enabling and starting units is orthogonal: units |
| may be enabled without being started and started without |
| being enabled. Enabling simply hooks the unit into various |
| suggested places (for example, so that the unit is |
| automatically started on boot or when a particular kind of |
| hardware is plugged in). Starting actually spawns the daemon |
| process (in case of service units), or binds the socket (in |
| case of socket units), and so on.</para> |
| |
| <para>Depending on whether <option>--system</option>, |
| <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option>, |
| or <option>--global</option> is specified, this enables the unit |
| for the system, for the calling user only, for only this boot of |
| the system, or for all future logins of all users, or only this |
| boot. Note that in the last case, no systemd daemon |
| configuration is reloaded.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>disable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Disables one or more units. This removes all symlinks |
| to the specified unit files from the unit configuration |
| directory, and hence undoes the changes made by |
| <command>enable</command>. Note however that this removes |
| all symlinks to the unit files (i.e. including manual |
| additions), not just those actually created by |
| <command>enable</command>. This call implicitly reloads the |
| systemd daemon configuration after completing the disabling |
| of the units. Note that this command does not implicitly |
| stop the units that are being disabled. If this is desired, |
| an additional <command>stop</command> command should be |
| executed afterwards.</para> |
| |
| <para>This command will print the actions executed. This |
| output may be suppressed by passing <option>--quiet</option>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>This command honors <option>--system</option>, |
| <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option> and |
| <option>--global</option> in a similar way as |
| <command>enable</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>is-enabled <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Checks whether any of the specified unit files are |
| enabled (as with <command>enable</command>). Returns an |
| exit code of 0 if at least one is enabled, non-zero |
| otherwise. Prints the current enable status (see table). |
| To suppress this output, use <option>--quiet</option>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <table> |
| <title> |
| <command>is-enabled</command> output |
| </title> |
| |
| <tgroup cols='3'> |
| <thead> |
| <row> |
| <entry>Printed string</entry> |
| <entry>Meaning</entry> |
| <entry>Return value</entry> |
| </row> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>enabled</literal></entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>Enabled through a symlink in <filename>.wants</filename> directory (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>0</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>enabled-runtime</literal></entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>linked</literal></entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>1</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>masked</literal></entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>Disabled entirely (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry> |
| <entry morerows='1'>1</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>static</literal></entry> |
| <entry>Unit is not enabled, but has no provisions for enabling in [Install] section</entry> |
| <entry>0</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry> |
| <entry>Unit is not enabled</entry> |
| <entry>1</entry> |
| </row> |
| </tbody> |
| </tgroup> |
| </table> |
| |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reenable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reenable one or more unit files, as specified on the |
| command line. This is a combination of |
| <command>disable</command> and <command>enable</command> and |
| is useful to reset the symlinks a unit is enabled with to |
| the defaults configured in the <literal>[Install]</literal> |
| section of the unit file.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>preset <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reset one or more unit files, as specified on the |
| command line, to the defaults configured in the preset |
| policy files. This has the same effect as |
| <command>disable</command> or <command>enable</command>, |
| depending how the unit is listed in the preset files. For |
| more information on the preset policy format, see |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. |
| For more information on the concept of presets, please |
| consult the |
| <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink> |
| document.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>mask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Mask one or more unit files, as specified on the |
| command line. This will link these units to |
| <filename>/dev/null</filename>, making it impossible to |
| start them. This is a stronger version of |
| <command>disable</command>, since it prohibits all kinds of |
| activation of the unit, including manual activation. Use |
| this option with care. This honors the |
| <option>--runtime</option> option to only mask temporarily |
| until the next reboot of the system.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>unmask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Unmask one or more unit files, as specified on the |
| command line. This will undo the effect of |
| <command>mask</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>link <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Link a unit file that is not in the unit file search |
| paths into the unit file search path. This requires an |
| absolute path to a unit file. The effect of this can be |
| undone with <command>disable</command>. The effect of this |
| command is that a unit file is available for |
| <command>start</command> and other commands although it |
| is not installed directly in the unit search path.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>get-default</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Get the default target specified |
| via <filename>default.target</filename> link.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>set-default <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the default target to boot into. Command links |
| <filename>default.target</filename> to the given unit.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Machine Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-machines <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List the host and all running local containers with |
| their state. If one or more |
| <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only |
| containers matching one of them are shown. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Job Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-jobs <optional><replaceable>PATTERN...</replaceable></optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>List jobs that are in progress. If one or more |
| <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only |
| jobs for units matching one of them are shown.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>cancel <replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Cancel one or more jobs specified on the command line |
| by their numeric job IDs. If no job ID is specified, cancel |
| all pending jobs.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Snapshot Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>snapshot <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Create a snapshot. If a snapshot name is specified, |
| the new snapshot will be named after it. If none is |
| specified, an automatic snapshot name is generated. In |
| either case, the snapshot name used is printed to standard |
| output, unless <option>--quiet</option> is specified. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>A snapshot refers to a saved state of the systemd |
| manager. It is implemented itself as a unit that is |
| generated dynamically with this command and has dependencies |
| on all units active at the time. At a later time, the user |
| may return to this state by using the |
| <command>isolate</command> command on the snapshot unit. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>Snapshots are only useful for saving and restoring |
| which units are running or are stopped, they do not |
| save/restore any other state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost |
| on reboot.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>delete <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Remove a snapshot previously created with |
| <command>snapshot</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Environment Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>show-environment</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Dump the systemd manager environment block. The |
| environment block will be dumped in straight-forward form |
| suitable for sourcing into a shell script. This environment |
| block will be passed to all processes the manager |
| spawns.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>set-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE=VALUE</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set one or more systemd manager environment variables, |
| as specified on the command line.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>unset-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Unset one or more systemd manager environment |
| variables. If only a variable name is specified, it will be |
| removed regardless of its value. If a variable and a value |
| are specified, the variable is only removed if it has the |
| specified value.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>import-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>...</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Import all, one or more environment variables set on |
| the client into the systemd manager environment block. If |
| no arguments are passed, the entire environment block is |
| imported. Otherwise, a list of one or more environment |
| variable names should be passed, whose client-side values |
| are then imported into the manager's environment |
| block.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Manager Lifecycle Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reload systemd manager configuration. This will reload |
| all unit files and recreate the entire dependency |
| tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets systemd |
| listens on on behalf of user configuration will stay |
| accessible.</para> <para>This command should not be confused |
| with the <command>load</command> or |
| <command>reload</command> commands.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reexecute the systemd manager. This will serialize the |
| manager state, reexecute the process and deserialize the |
| state again. This command is of little use except for |
| debugging and package upgrades. Sometimes, it might be |
| helpful as a heavy-weight <command>daemon-reload</command>. |
| While the daemon is being reexecuted, all sockets systemd listening |
| on behalf of user configuration will stay accessible. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>System Commands</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>default</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Enter default mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>isolate default.target</command>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>rescue</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Enter rescue mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>isolate rescue.target</command>, but also prints a |
| wall message to all users.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>emergency</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Enter emergency mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>isolate emergency.target</command>, but also prints |
| a wall message to all users.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>halt</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Shut down and halt the system. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>start halt.target --irreversible</command>, but also |
| prints a wall message to all users. If combined with |
| <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is |
| skipped, however all processes are killed and all file |
| systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately |
| followed by the system halt. If <option>--force</option> is |
| specified twice, the operation is immediately executed |
| without terminating any processes or unmounting any file |
| systems. This may result in data loss.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>poweroff</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Shut down and power-off the system. This is mostly |
| equivalent to <command>start poweroff.target --irreversible</command>, |
| but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with |
| <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is |
| skipped, however all processes are killed and all file |
| systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately |
| followed by the powering off. If <option>--force</option> is |
| specified twice, the operation is immediately executed |
| without terminating any processes or unmounting any file |
| systems. This may result in data loss.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reboot <optional><replaceable>arg</replaceable></optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Shut down and reboot the system. This is mostly |
| equivalent to <command>start reboot.target --irreversible</command>, |
| but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with |
| <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is |
| skipped, however all processes are killed and all file |
| systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately |
| followed by the reboot. If <option>--force</option> is |
| specified twice, the operation is immediately executed |
| without terminating any processes or unmounting any file |
| systems. This may result in data loss.</para> |
| |
| <para>If the optional argument |
| <replaceable>arg</replaceable> is given, it will be passed |
| as the optional argument to the |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>reboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| system call. The value is architecture and firmware |
| specific. As an example, <literal>recovery</literal> might |
| be used to trigger system recovery, and |
| <literal>fota</literal> might be used to trigger a |
| <quote>firmware over the air</quote> update.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>kexec</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Shut down and reboot the system via kexec. This is |
| mostly equivalent to <command>start kexec.target --irreversible</command>, |
| but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined |
| with <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running |
| services is skipped, however all processes are killed and |
| all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, |
| immediately followed by the reboot.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>exit</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Ask the systemd manager to quit. This is only |
| supported for user service managers (i.e. in conjunction |
| with the <option>--user</option> option) and will fail |
| otherwise.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>suspend</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Suspend the system. This will trigger activation of |
| the special <filename>suspend.target</filename> target. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>hibernate</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Hibernate the system. This will trigger activation of |
| the special <filename>hibernate.target</filename> target. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>hybrid-sleep</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Hibernate and suspend the system. This will trigger |
| activation of the special |
| <filename>hybrid-sleep.target</filename> target.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>switch-root <replaceable>ROOT</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>INIT</replaceable></optional></command></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Switches to a different root directory and executes a |
| new system manager process below it. This is intended for |
| usage in initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will transition |
| from the initrd's system manager process (a.k.a "init" |
| process) to the main system manager process. This call takes two |
| arguments: the directory that is to become the new root directory, and |
| the path to the new system manager binary below it to |
| execute as PID 1. If the latter is omitted or the empty |
| string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for |
| and used as init. If the system manager path is omitted or |
| equal to the empty string, the state of the initrd's system |
| manager process is passed to the main system manager, which |
| allows later introspection of the state of the services |
| involved in the initrd boot.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Parameter Syntax</title> |
| |
| <para>Unit commands listed above take either a single unit name |
| (designated as <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>), or multiple |
| unit specifications (designated as |
| <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...). In the first case, the |
| unit name with or without a suffix must be given. If the suffix |
| is not specified, systemctl will append a suitable suffix, |
| <literal>.service</literal> by default, and a type-specific |
| suffix in case of commands which operate only on specific unit |
| types. For example, |
| <programlisting># systemctl start sshd</programlisting> and |
| <programlisting># systemctl start sshd.service</programlisting> |
| are equivalent, as are |
| <programlisting># systemctl isolate snapshot-11</programlisting> |
| and |
| <programlisting># systemctl isolate snapshot-11.snapshot</programlisting> |
| Note that (absolute) paths to device nodes are automatically |
| converted to device unit names, and other (absolute) paths to |
| mount unit names. |
| <programlisting># systemctl status /dev/sda |
| # systemctl status /home</programlisting> |
| are equivalent to: |
| <programlisting># systemctl status dev-sda.device |
| # systemctl status home.mount</programlisting> |
| In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against |
| currently loaded units; literal unit names, with or without |
| a suffix, will be treated as in the first case. This means that |
| literal unit names always refer to exactly one unit, but globs |
| may match zero units and this is not considered an error.</para> |
| |
| <para>Glob patterns use |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fnmatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| so normal shell-style globbing rules are used, and |
| <literal>*</literal>, <literal>?</literal>, |
| <literal>[]</literal> may be used. See |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| for more details. The patterns are matched against the names of |
| currently loaded units, and patterns which do not match anything |
| are silently skipped. For example: |
| <programlisting># systemctl stop sshd@*.service</programlisting> |
| will stop all <filename>sshd@.service</filename> instances. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>For unit file commands, the specified |
| <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the full name of the |
| unit file, or the absolute path to the unit file: |
| <programlisting># systemctl enable foo.service</programlisting> |
| or |
| <programlisting># systemctl link /path/to/foo.service</programlisting> |
| </para> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Exit status</title> |
| |
| <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure |
| code otherwise.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" /> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>See Also</title> |
| <para> |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-management</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |