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What's the difference between /usr/lib/systemd/system and /etc/systemd/system?
Before all the unit files were in /etc/systemd/system/ but now some are showing up in /usr/lib/systemd/system (<- on CentOS, or /lib/systemd/system <- on Debian/Ubuntu), what is the difference ...
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systemd cannot find PID file after YAJSW wrapper startup
I have a systemd startup script for a forking service (let's call it foo) based on YAJSW (Yet Another Java Service Wrapper). The relevant part of the .service file looks like this:
ExecStart=/opt/foo/...
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How to start 2FA-using OpenVPN with systemd?
I have openvpn config that users 2 factor authentication.
If I start it manually, by running:
/usr/sbin/openvpn --writepid /run/whatever --cd /etc/openvpn/ --config /etc/openvpn/work.conf
it asks ...
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Systemd service - what is `multi-user.target`
I have come across a .service that contains the following:
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
The original .service file can be found here.
What is the the meaning of multi-user.target?
I am on ...
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Stop systemd service before suspend, start again after resume
What I want
I have a systemd service that I would like to have stopped before suspend/shutdown, and start up again after resume.
System details
System details below.
$ lsb_release -dc
Description: ...
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How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
The Ubuntu 16.04 server VM image apparently starts the "apt-daily.service" every
12 hours or so; this service performs various APT-related tasks like refreshing
the list of available packages, ...
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Udev hwdb rule does not work
I am switching from Ubuntu to Arch Linux and encountering the issue that a udev hwdb rule that has worked until now does not work anymore. The only obvious difference between the systems is that ...
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How can I make an executable run as a service?
On Ubuntu 18.04, I can start or stop some service by
sudo service cron start/stop
I can list some services by
service --status-all
The output matches the files under /etc/init.d/.
I heard there ...
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Boot stopped at "Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes" - headless server... no X
It's 8:27am. I haven't slept. I am exhausted. So I'm leaving this here and going to bed. I'll check it after. Pardon me if I'm slightly south of coherent.
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS server running on a VPS. ...
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Systemd-networkd: Run script after DHCP client acquires new address
I am on ubuntu 18.04 server. I need to run a script that updates an IP address on CloudFlare (kind of DynDNS script). In previous versions I could do this with a DHCLIENT exit hooks for the interface ...
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infinite activating state for custom build openssh-hpn-sshd on ubuntu 16
I've compiled hpn version of openssh(OpenSSH_7.2p2-hpn14v11), sshd itself is working just fine. The problem is that every 2-3 minutes systemd restarts sshd as it doesn't get that service started ...
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postinst maintainer script stops systemd unit file from starting automatically on install
I'm creating a small Debian package to install systemd unit files, specifically *.service files.
My package looks like:
myservice
|
|--debian
|- comapat
|- ...
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Install srvadmin-hapi package on docker container
I'm attempting to install the Dell openmanage tools on an ubuntu 20.04 docker container and I'm running into some issues.
Dell's provided guide:
echo 'deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/...
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How to create a virtual systemd service to stop/start several instances together?
I plan to host several instances of the same web app for customers using systemd. I would like to be able to stop and start each customer instance using systemd, as well as treating the whole ...
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Systemd service does not start (WantedBy=multi-user.target)
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3
$ \cat /home/nikhil/.config/systemd/user/Festival.service
[Unit]
Description=Festival Service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/festival --server
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
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