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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 <literal>systemd</literal> system and
    service manager. Please refer to
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for an introduction into the basic concepts and functionality this
    tool manages.</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 the specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
          to show only failed units.</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>-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 properties
          specified in the argument. The argument should be a
          comma-separated list of property names, such as
          <literal>MainPID</literal>. Unless specified, all known
          properties are shown. If specified more than once, all
          properties with the specified names are shown. Shell
          completion is implemented for property names.</para>

          <para>For the manager itself,
          <command>systemctl show</command> will show all available
          properties. Those properties are documented in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
          </para>

          <para>Properties for units vary by unit type, so showing any
          unit (even a non-existent one) is a way to list properties
          pertaining to this type. Similarly, showing any job will list
          properties pertaining to all jobs. Properties for units are
          documented in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
          and the pages for individual unit types
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
          etc.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-a</option></term>
        <term><option>--all</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When listing units with <command>list-units</command>, also show inactive units and
          units which are following other units. When showing unit/job/manager properties, show all
          properties regardless whether they are set or not.</para>

          <para>To list all units installed in the file 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. follow
          dependencies of type <varname>WantedBy=</varname>,
          <varname>RequiredBy=</varname>,
          <varname>PartOf=</varname>, <varname>BoundBy=</varname>,
          instead of <varname>Wants=</varname> and similar.
          </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, recursively list units following the
          <varname>After=</varname> dependency.</para>

          <para>Note that any <varname>After=</varname> dependency is
          automatically mirrored to create a
          <varname>Before=</varname> dependency. Temporal dependencies
          may be specified explicitly, but are also created implicitly
          for units which are <varname>WantedBy=</varname> targets
          (see
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
          and as a result of other directives (for example
          <varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname>). Both explicitly
          and implicitly introduced dependencies are shown with
          <command>list-dependencies</command>.</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, recursively list units following the
          <varname>Before=</varname> dependency.</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>--value</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When printing properties with <command>show</command>,
          only print the value, and skip the property name and
          <literal>=</literal>.</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 (or even being enqueued
        while the irreversible jobs are still pending). Irreversible
        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>--fail</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Shorthand for <option>--job-mode=</option>fail.</para>
          <para>When used with the <command>kill</command> command,
          if no units were killed, the operation results in an error.
          </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 printing of the results of various commands
          and also the hints about truncated log lines. This does not
          suppress output of commands for which the printed output is
          the only result (like <command>show</command>). Errors are
          always printed.</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 the unit's start-up is completed. By passing this
          argument, it is only verified and enqueued.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />

      <!-- we do not document -failed here, as it has been made
           redundant by -state=failed, which it predates. To keep
           things simple, we only document the new switch, while
           keeping the old one around for compatibility only. -->

      <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>&MOUNT_PATH;</filename> and
          <filename>&UMOUNT_PATH;</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>edit</command>, create all of the
          specified units which do not already exist.</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 (with the exception of <command>kexec</command>), 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. Note that when
          <option>--force</option> is specified twice the selected operation is executed by
          <command>systemctl</command> itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should
          succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--message=</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When used with <command>halt</command>,
          <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> or
          <command>kexec</command>, set a short message explaining the reason
          for the operation. The message will be logged together with the
          default shutdown message.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--now</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When used with <command>enable</command>, the units
          will also be started. When used with <command>disable</command> or
          <command>mask</command>, the units will also be stopped. The start
          or stop operation is only carried out when the respective enable or
          disable operation has been successful.</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 an alternate 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>, <command>edit</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>--preset-mode=</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Takes one of <literal>full</literal> (the default),
          <literal>enable-only</literal>,
          <literal>disable-only</literal>. When used with the
          <command>preset</command> or <command>preset-all</command>
          commands, controls whether units shall be disabled and
          enabled according to the preset rules, or only enabled, or
          only disabled.</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>--firmware-setup</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When used with the <command>reboot</command> command,
          indicate to the system's firmware to boot into setup
          mode. Note that this is currently only supported on some EFI
          systems and only if the system was booted in EFI
          mode.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--plain</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When used with <command>list-dependencies</command>,
          <command>list-units</command> or <command>list-machines</command>, the
          the output is printed as a list instead of a tree, and the bullet
          circles are omitted.</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="no-pager" />
      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
    </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 units that <command>systemd</command> has loaded. This includes units that
            are either referenced directly or through a dependency, or units that were active in the
            past and have failed. By default only units which are active, have pending jobs, or have
            failed are shown; this can be changed with option <option>--all</option>. If one or more
            <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only units matching one of them are
            shown. The units that are shown are additionally filtered by <option>--type=</option>
            and <option>--state=</option> if those options are specified.</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>--state=</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>--state=</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 the set of primary names of currently loaded units. Units which
            are not active and are not in a failed state usually are not loaded, and will 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. Also, secondary alias names of units are not considered.</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> command.</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.</para>
            <!-- Note that we don't document condrestart here, as that is just compatibility support, and we generally
                 don't document that. -->
          </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>try-reload-or-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.</para>
            <!-- Note that we don't document force-reload here, as that is just compatibility support, and we generally
                 don't document that. -->
          </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. If a unit name with no
            extension is given, an extension of
            <literal>.target</literal> will be assumed.</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 changed
            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>If the specified unit appears to be inactive, the
            changes will be only stored on disk as described
            previously hence they will be effective when the unit will
            be started.</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</command>
            <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></optional>
          </term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Shows units required and wanted by the specified
            unit. This recursively lists units following the
            <varname>Requires=</varname>,
            <varname>Requisite=</varname>,
            <varname>ConsistsOf=</varname>,
            <varname>Wants=</varname>, <varname>BindsTo=</varname>
            dependencies. If no unit is specified,
            <filename>default.target</filename> is implied.</para>

            <para>By default, only target units are recursively
            expanded. When <option>--all</option> is passed, all other
            units are recursively expanded as well.</para>

            <para>Options <option>--reverse</option>,
            <option>--after</option>, <option>--before</option>
            may be used to change what types of dependencies
            are shown.</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 unit files installed in the file system and their enablement state
            (as reported by <command>is-enabled</command>). 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, either <option>--now</option> should be used
            together with this command, or an additional <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>

            <para>Using <command>enable</command> on masked units
            results in an error.</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, either
            <option>--now</option> should be used together with this command, or
            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>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 the enable/disable status 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.</para>

            <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control whether units shall be
            enabled and disabled, or only enabled, or only disabled.</para>

            <para>If the unit carries no install information, it will be silently ignored
            by this command.</para>

            <para>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>preset-all</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Resets all installed unit files to the defaults
            configured in the preset policy file (see above).</para>

            <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control
            whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
            enabled, or only disabled.</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>Name</entry>
                    <entry>Description</entry>
                    <entry>Exit Code</entry>
                  </row>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>enabled</literal></entry>
                    <entry morerows='1'>Enabled via <filename>.wants/</filename>, <filename>.requires/</filename> or alias symlinks (permanently in <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename>, or transiently in <filename>/run/systemd/system/</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 one or more symlinks to the unit file (permanently in <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> or transiently in <filename>/run/systemd/system/</filename>), even though the unit file might reside outside of the unit file search path.</entry>
                    <entry morerows='1'>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>masked</literal></entry>
                    <entry morerows='1'>Completely disabled, so that any start operation on it fails (permanently in <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> or transiently in <filename>/run/systemd/systemd/</filename>).</entry>
                    <entry morerows='1'>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>static</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file is not enabled, and has no provisions for enabling in the <literal>[Install]</literal> unit file section.</entry>
                    <entry>0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>indirect</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file itself is not enabled, but it has a non-empty <varname>Also=</varname> setting in the <literal>[Install]</literal> unit file section, listing other unit files that might be enabled.</entry>
                    <entry>0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file is not enabled, but contains an <literal>[Install]</literal> section with installation instructions.</entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>generated</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file was generated dynamically via a generator tool. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Generated unit files may not be enabled, they are enabled implicitly by their generator.</entry>
                    <entry>0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>transient</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file has been created dynamically with the runtime API. Transient units may not be enabled.</entry>
                    <entry>0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><literal>bad</literal></entry>
                    <entry>The unit file is invalid or another error occurred. Note that <command>is-enabled</command> will not actually return this state, but print an error message instead. However the unit file listing printed by <command>list-unit-files</command> might show it.</entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                </tbody>
              </tgroup>
            </table>

          </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 enablement and 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. The <option>--now</option>
            option can be used to ensure that the units are also stopped.</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>revert <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Revert one or more unit files to their vendor versions. This command removes drop-in configuration
            files that modify the specified units, as well as any user-configured unit file that overrides a matching
            vendor supplied unit file. Specifically, for a unit <literal>foo.service</literal> the matching directories
            <literal>foo.service.d/</literal> with all their contained files are removed, both below the persistent and
            runtime configuration directories (i.e. below <filename>/etc/systemd/system</filename> and
            <filename>/run/systemd/system</filename>); if the unit file has a vendor-supplied version (i.e. a unit file
            located below <filename>/usr</filename>) any matching peristent or runtime unit file that overrides it is
            removed, too. Note that if a unit file has no vendor-supplied version (i.e. is only defined below
            <filename>/etc/systemd/system</filename> or <filename>/run/systemd/system</filename>, but not in a unit
            file stored below <filename>/usr</filename>), then it is not removed. Also, if a unit is masked, it is
            unmasked.</para>

            <para>Effectively, this command may be used to undo all changes made with <command>systemctl
            edit</command>, <command>systemctl set-property</command> and <command>systemctl mask</command> and puts
            the original unit file with its settings back in effect.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><command>add-wants <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
          <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
          <term><command>add-requires <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
          <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Adds <literal>Wants=</literal> or <literal>Requires=</literal>
            dependencies, respectively, to the specified
            <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> for one or more units. </para>

            <para>This command honors <option>--system</option>,
            <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option> and
            <option>--global</option> in a way similar to
            <command>enable</command>.</para>

          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><command>edit <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Edit a drop-in snippet or a whole replacement file if
            <option>--full</option> is specified, to extend or override the
            specified unit.</para>

            <para>Depending on whether <option>--system</option> (the default),
            <option>--user</option>, or <option>--global</option> is specified,
            this command creates a drop-in file for each unit either for the system,
            for the calling user, or for all futures logins of all users. Then,
            the editor (see the "Environment" section below) is invoked on
            temporary files which will be written to the real location if the
            editor exits successfully.</para>

            <para>If <option>--full</option> is specified, this will copy the
            original units instead of creating drop-in files.</para>

            <para>If <option>--force</option> is specified and any units do
            not already exist, new unit files will be opened for editing.</para>

            <para>If <option>--runtime</option> is specified, the changes will
            be made temporarily in <filename>/run</filename> and they will be
            lost on the next reboot.</para>

            <para>If the temporary file is empty upon exit, the modification of
            the related unit is canceled.</para>

            <para>After the units have been edited, systemd configuration is
            reloaded (in a way that is equivalent to <command>daemon-reload</command>).
            </para>

            <para>Note that this command cannot be used to remotely edit units
            and that you cannot temporarily edit units which are in
            <filename>/etc</filename>, since they take precedence over
            <filename>/run</filename>.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><command>get-default</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Return the default target to boot into. This returns
            the target unit name <filename>default.target</filename>
            is aliased (symlinked) to.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><command>set-default <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Set the default target to boot into. This sets
            (symlinks) the <filename>default.target</filename> alias
            to the given target 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>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</command>
            <optional><replaceable>VARIABLE...</replaceable></optional>
          </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 the systemd manager configuration. This will
            rerun all generators (see
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
            reload all unit files, and recreate the entire dependency
            tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets
            systemd listens on behalf of user configuration will stay
            accessible.</para>

            <para>This command should not be confused with the
            <command>reload</command> command.</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>is-system-running</command></term>

          <listitem>
            <para>Checks whether the system is operational. This
            returns success (exit code 0) when the system is fully up
            and running, specifically not in startup, shutdown or
            maintenance mode, and with no failed services. Failure is
            returned otherwise (exit code non-zero). In addition, the
            current state is printed in a short string to standard
            output, see the table below. Use <option>--quiet</option> to
            suppress this output.</para>

            <table>
              <title><command>is-system-running</command> output</title>
              <tgroup cols='3'>
                <colspec colname='name'/>
                <colspec colname='description'/>
                <colspec colname='exit-code'/>
                <thead>
                  <row>
                    <entry>Name</entry>
                    <entry>Description</entry>
                    <entry>Exit Code</entry>
                  </row>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>initializing</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>Early bootup, before
                    <filename>basic.target</filename> is reached
                    or the <varname>maintenance</varname> state entered.
                    </para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>starting</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>Late bootup, before the job queue
                    becomes idle for the first time, or one of the
                    rescue targets are reached.</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>running</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The system is fully
                    operational.</para></entry>
                    <entry>0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>degraded</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The system is operational but one or more
                    units failed.</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>maintenance</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The rescue or emergency target is
                    active.</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>stopping</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The manager is shutting
                    down.</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>offline</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The manager is not
                    running. Specifically, this is the operational
                    state if an incompatible program is running as
                    system manager (PID 1).</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                  <row>
                    <entry><varname>unknown</varname></entry>
                    <entry><para>The operational state could not be
                    determined, due to lack of resources or another
                    error cause.</para></entry>
                    <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                  </row>
                </tbody>
              </tgroup>
            </table>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <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
            --job-mode=replace-irreversibly</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. Note that when
            <option>--force</option> is specified twice the halt operation is executed by
            <command>systemctl</command> itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should
            succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed.</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
            --job-mode=replace-irreversibly</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. Note that when
            <option>--force</option> is specified twice the power-off operation is executed by
            <command>systemctl</command> itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should
            succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed.</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
            --job-mode=replace-irreversibly</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. Note that when
            <option>--force</option> is specified twice the reboot operation is executed by
            <command>systemctl</command> itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should
            succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed.</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 --job-mode=replace-irreversibly</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 <optional><replaceable>EXIT_CODE</replaceable></optional></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) or in containers
            and is equivalent to <command>poweroff</command> otherwise.</para>

            <para>The systemd manager can exit with a non-zero exit
            code if the optional argument
            <replaceable>EXIT_CODE</replaceable> is given.</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>

        <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>
      </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 (unit name is "abbreviated"),
      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 default</programlisting>
      and
      <programlisting># systemctl isolate default.target</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 the primary names of all 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 project='man-pages'><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 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
      for more details. The patterns are matched against the primary 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. Note that alias names of units, and units that aren't
      loaded are not considered for glob expansion.
      </para>

      <para>For unit file commands, the specified <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the name of the unit file
      (possibly abbreviated, see above), 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>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Environment</title>

    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_EDITOR</varname></term>

        <listitem><para>Editor to use when editing units; overrides
        <varname>$EDITOR</varname> and <varname>$VISUAL</varname>. If neither
        <varname>$SYSTEMD_EDITOR</varname> nor <varname>$EDITOR</varname> nor
        <varname>$VISUAL</varname> are present or if it is set to an empty
        string or if their execution failed, systemctl will try to execute well
        known editors in this order:
        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>nano</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>vim</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
        </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
    <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" xpointer="pager"/>
    <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" xpointer="less"/>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>