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24<refentry id="systemctl"
25 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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27 <refentryinfo>
28 <title>systemctl</title>
29 <productname>systemd</productname>
30
31 <authorgroup>
32 <author>
33 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
34 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
35 <surname>Poettering</surname>
36 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
37 </author>
38 </authorgroup>
39 </refentryinfo>
40
41 <refmeta>
42 <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle>
43 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
44 </refmeta>
45
46 <refnamediv>
47 <refname>systemctl</refname>
48 <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose>
49 </refnamediv>
50
51 <refsynopsisdiv>
52 <cmdsynopsis>
53 <command>systemctl</command>
54 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
55 <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg>
56 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
57 </cmdsynopsis>
58 </refsynopsisdiv>
59
60 <refsect1>
61 <title>Description</title>
62
63 <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to
64 introspect and control the state of the
65 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
66 system and service manager.</para>
67 </refsect1>
68
69 <refsect1>
70 <title>Options</title>
71
72 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
73
74 <variablelist>
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75 <varlistentry>
76 <term><option>-t</option></term>
77 <term><option>--type=</option></term>
78
79 <listitem>
e9dd9f95 80 <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
20b3f379 81 types such as <option>service</option> and
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82 <option>socket</option>.
83 </para>
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84
85 <para>If one of the arguments is a unit type, when listing
7b870f60 86 units, limit display to certain unit types. Otherwise, units
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87 of all types will be shown.</para>
88
20b3f379 89 <para>As a special case, if one of the arguments is
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90 <option>help</option>, a list of allowed values will be
91 printed and the program will exit.</para>
92 </listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94
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95 <varlistentry>
96 <term><option>--state=</option></term>
97
98 <listitem>
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99 <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit LOAD,
100 SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only those
101 in specified states.</para>
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102 </listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104
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105 <varlistentry>
106 <term><option>-p</option></term>
107 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
108
109 <listitem>
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110 <para>When showing unit/job/manager properties with the
111 <command>show</command> command, limit display to certain
7b870f60 112 properties as specified as argument. If not specified, all
54c31a79 113 set properties are shown. The argument should be a
d2bbca68 114 comma-separated list of property names, such as
7b870f60 115 <literal>MainPID</literal>. If specified more than once, all
033a842c 116 properties with the specified names are shown.</para>
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117 </listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
119
120 <varlistentry>
121 <term><option>-a</option></term>
122 <term><option>--all</option></term>
123
124 <listitem>
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125 <para>When listing units, show all loaded units, regardless
126 of their state, including inactive units. When showing
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127 unit/job/manager properties, show all properties regardless
128 whether they are set or not.</para>
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129 <para>To list all units installed on the system, use the
130 <command>list-unit-files</command> command instead.</para>
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131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
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134 <varlistentry>
135 <term><option>-r</option></term>
136 <term><option>--recursive</option></term>
137
138 <listitem>
139 <para>When listing units, also show units of local
140 containers. Units of local containers will be prefixed with
141 the container name, separated by a single colon character
142 (<literal>:</literal>).</para>
143 </listitem>
144 </varlistentry>
145
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146 <varlistentry>
147 <term><option>--reverse</option></term>
148
149 <listitem>
150 <para>Show reverse dependencies between units with
151 <command>list-dependencies</command>, i.e. units with
152 dependencies of type <varname>Wants=</varname> or
153 <varname>Requires=</varname> on the given unit.
154 </para>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry>
159 <term><option>--after</option></term>
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161 <listitem>
162 <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the
163 units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other
164 words, list the units that are in the <varname>After=</varname>
165 directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
166 their <varname>Before=</varname> directive, or are otherwise
167 implicit dependencies of the specified unit.</para>
168 </listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170
171 <varlistentry>
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172 <term><option>--before</option></term>
173
174 <listitem>
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175 <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the
176 units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other
177 words, list the units that are in the <varname>Before=</varname>
178 directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
179 their <varname>After=</varname> directive, or otherwise depend
180 on the specified unit.</para>
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181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
4a6022f0 184 <varlistentry>
98a6e132 185 <term><option>-l</option></term>
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186 <term><option>--full</option></term>
187
188 <listitem>
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189 <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries,
190 journal output, or truncate unit descriptions in the output
191 of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>,
192 <command>list-jobs</command>, and
193 <command>list-timers</command>.</para>
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194 </listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
196
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197 <varlistentry>
198 <term><option>--show-types</option></term>
199
200 <listitem>
201 <para>When showing sockets, show the type of the socket.</para>
202 </listitem>
203 </varlistentry>
204
23ade460 205 <varlistentry>
4dc5b821 206 <term><option>--job-mode=</option></term>
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207
208 <listitem>
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209 <para>When queuing a new job, this option controls how to deal with
210 already queued jobs. It takes one of <literal>fail</literal>,
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211 <literal>replace</literal>,
212 <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal>,
213 <literal>isolate</literal>,
214 <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>,
215 <literal>ignore-requirements</literal> or
216 <literal>flush</literal>. Defaults to
217 <literal>replace</literal>, except when the
218 <command>isolate</command> command is used which implies the
219 <literal>isolate</literal> job mode.</para>
220
221 <para>If <literal>fail</literal> is specified and a requested
222 operation conflicts with a pending job (more specifically:
223 causes an already pending start job to be reversed into a stop
224 job or vice versa), cause the operation to fail.</para>
225
226 <para>If <literal>replace</literal> (the default) is
227 specified, any conflicting pending job will be replaced, as
228 necessary.</para>
229
230 <para>If <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal> is specified,
231 operate like <literal>replace</literal>, but also mark the new
232 jobs as irreversible. This prevents future conflicting
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233 transactions from replacing these jobs (or even being enqueued
234 while the irreversible jobs are still pending). Irreversible
235 jobs can still be cancelled using the <command>cancel</command>
236 command.</para>
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238 <para><literal>isolate</literal> is only valid for start
239 operations and causes all other units to be stopped when the
240 specified unit is started. This mode is always used when the
241 <command>isolate</command> command is used.</para>
242
243 <para><literal>flush</literal> will cause all queued jobs to
244 be canceled when the new job is enqueued.</para>
245
246 <para>If <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal> is specified,
247 then all unit dependencies are ignored for this new job and
248 the operation is executed immediately. If passed, no required
249 units of the unit passed will be pulled in, and no ordering
250 dependencies will be honored. This is mostly a debugging and
251 rescue tool for the administrator and should not be used by
252 applications.</para>
253
254 <para><literal>ignore-requirements</literal> is similar to
b040723e 255 <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>, but only causes the
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256 requirement dependencies to be ignored, the ordering
257 dependencies will still be honoured.</para>
23ade460 258 </listitem>
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260 </varlistentry>
261
262 <varlistentry>
263 <term><option>-i</option></term>
264 <term><option>--ignore-inhibitors</option></term>
265
266 <listitem>
267 <para>When system shutdown or a sleep state is requested,
268 ignore inhibitor locks. Applications can establish inhibitor
269 locks to avoid that certain important operations (such as CD
270 burning or suchlike) are interrupted by system shutdown or a
271 sleep state. Any user may take these locks and privileged
272 users may override these locks. If any locks are taken,
273 shutdown and sleep state requests will normally fail
494a6682 274 (regardless of whether privileged or not) and a list of active locks
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275 is printed. However, if <option>--ignore-inhibitors</option>
276 is specified, the locks are ignored and not printed, and the
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277 operation attempted anyway, possibly requiring additional
278 privileges.</para>
279 </listitem>
280 </varlistentry>
281
282 <varlistentry>
283 <term><option>-q</option></term>
284 <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
285
286 <listitem>
287 <para>Suppress output to standard output in
288 <command>snapshot</command>,
289 <command>is-active</command>,
290 <command>is-failed</command>,
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292 <command>is-system-running</command>,
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293 <command>enable</command> and
294 <command>disable</command>.</para>
295 </listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
298 <varlistentry>
299 <term><option>--no-block</option></term>
300
301 <listitem>
302 <para>Do not synchronously wait for the requested operation
7b870f60 303 to finish. If this is not specified, the job will be
4a6022f0 304 verified, enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will
7b870f60 305 wait until it is completed. By passing this argument, it is
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306 only verified and enqueued.</para>
307 </listitem>
308 </varlistentry>
309
310 <varlistentry>
311 <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
312
313 <listitem>
841aa8c0 314 <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and
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315 the footer with hints.</para>
316 </listitem>
317 </varlistentry>
318
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319 <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
320 <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />
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321
322 <varlistentry>
323 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
324
325 <listitem>
7b870f60 326 <para>Do not send wall message before halt, power-off,
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327 reboot.</para>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry>
332 <term><option>--global</option></term>
333
334 <listitem>
335 <para>When used with <command>enable</command> and
336 <command>disable</command>, operate on the global user
337 configuration directory, thus enabling or disabling a unit
338 file globally for all future logins of all users.</para>
339 </listitem>
340 </varlistentry>
341
342 <varlistentry>
343 <term><option>--no-reload</option></term>
344
345 <listitem>
346 <para>When used with <command>enable</command> and
347 <command>disable</command>, do not implicitly reload daemon
348 configuration after executing the changes.</para>
349 </listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry>
353 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
354
355 <listitem>
356 <para>When used with <command>start</command> and related
357 commands, disables asking for passwords. Background services
358 may require input of a password or passphrase string, for
359 example to unlock system hard disks or cryptographic
360 certificates. Unless this option is specified and the
7b870f60 361 command is invoked from a terminal,
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362 <command>systemctl</command> will query the user on the
363 terminal for the necessary secrets. Use this option to
7b870f60 364 switch this behavior off. In this case, the password must be
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365 supplied by some other means (for example graphical password
366 agents) or the service might fail. This also disables
367 querying the user for authentication for privileged
368 operations.</para>
369 </listitem>
370
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry>
374 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
375
376 <listitem>
377 <para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose which
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378 processes to send a signal to. Must be one of
379 <option>main</option>, <option>control</option> or
380 <option>all</option> to select whether to kill only the main
381 process, the control process or all processes of the
382 unit. The main process of the unit is the one that defines
383 the life-time of it. A control process of a unit is one that
384 is invoked by the manager to induce state changes of it. For
385 example, all processes started due to the
386 <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>,
387 <varname>ExecStop=</varname> or
388 <varname>ExecReload=</varname> settings of service units are
389 control processes. Note that there is only one control
390 process per unit at a time, as only one state change is
391 executed at a time. For services of type
b8bde116 392 <varname>Type=forking</varname>, the initial process started
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393 by the manager for <varname>ExecStart=</varname> is a
394 control process, while the process ultimately forked off by
395 that one is then considered the main process of the unit (if
396 it can be determined). This is different for service units
397 of other types, where the process forked off by the manager
398 for <varname>ExecStart=</varname> is always the main process
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399 itself. A service unit consists of zero or one main process,
400 zero or one control process plus any number of additional
af7424af 401 processes. Not all unit types manage processes of these
b8bde116 402 types however. For example, for mount units, control processes
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403 are defined (which are the invocations of
404 <filename>/usr/bin/mount</filename> and
405 <filename>/usr/bin/umount</filename>), but no main process
406 is defined. If omitted, defaults to
407 <option>all</option>.</para>
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408 </listitem>
409
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry>
413 <term><option>-s</option></term>
414 <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
415
416 <listitem>
417 <para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose which
418 signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the
05cc7267 419 well known signal specifiers such as <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant> or
7b870f60 420 <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If omitted, defaults to
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421 <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para>
422 </listitem>
423 </varlistentry>
424
425 <varlistentry>
426 <term><option>-f</option></term>
427 <term><option>--force</option></term>
428
429 <listitem>
430 <para>When used with <command>enable</command>, overwrite
431 any existing conflicting symlinks.</para>
432
433 <para>When used with <command>halt</command>,
434 <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> or
7b870f60 435 <command>kexec</command>, execute the selected operation
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436 without shutting down all units. However, all processes will
437 be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or
438 remounted read-only. This is hence a drastic but relatively
439 safe option to request an immediate reboot. If
440 <option>--force</option> is specified twice for these
441 operations, they will be executed immediately without
1e89266b 442 terminating any processes or unmounting any file
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443 systems. Warning: specifying <option>--force</option> twice
444 with any of these operations might result in data
445 loss.</para>
446 </listitem>
447 </varlistentry>
448
449 <varlistentry>
450 <term><option>--root=</option></term>
451
452 <listitem>
453 <para>When used with
454 <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command>
455 (and related commands), use alternative root path when
456 looking for unit files.</para>
457 </listitem>
458
459 </varlistentry>
460
461 <varlistentry>
462 <term><option>--runtime</option></term>
463
464 <listitem>
a330b376 465 <para>When used with <command>enable</command>,
171754aa 466 <command>disable</command>,
4a6022f0 467 (and related commands), make changes only temporarily, so
a330b376 468 that they are lost on the next reboot. This will have the
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469 effect that changes are not made in subdirectories of
470 <filename>/etc</filename> but in <filename>/run</filename>,
471 with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter
472 is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para>
a330b376 473
494a6682 474 <para>Similarly, when used with
fbce1139 475 <command>set-property</command>, make changes only
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476 temporarily, so that they are lost on the next
477 reboot.</para>
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478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
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481 <varlistentry>
482 <term><option>--preset-mode=</option></term>
483
484 <listitem>
485 <para>Takes one of <literal>full</literal> (the default),
486 <literal>enable-only</literal>,
8d0e0ddd 487 <literal>disable-only</literal>. When used with the
d309c1c3 488 <command>preset</command> or <command>preset-all</command>
8d0e0ddd 489 commands, controls whether units shall be disabled and
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490 enabled according to the preset rules, or only enabled, or
491 only disabled.</para>
492 </listitem>
493 </varlistentry>
494
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495 <varlistentry>
496 <term><option>-n</option></term>
497 <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
498
499 <listitem>
7b870f60 500 <para>When used with <command>status</command>, controls the
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501 number of journal lines to show, counting from the most
502 recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument. Defaults to
503 10.</para>
504 </listitem>
505 </varlistentry>
506
507 <varlistentry>
508 <term><option>-o</option></term>
509 <term><option>--output=</option></term>
510
511 <listitem>
7b870f60 512 <para>When used with <command>status</command>, controls the
4a6022f0 513 formatting of the journal entries that are shown. For the
7b870f60 514 available choices, see
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515 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
516 Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para>
517 </listitem>
518 </varlistentry>
519
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520 <varlistentry>
521 <term><option>--plain</option></term>
522
523 <listitem>
7b870f60 524 <para>When used with <command>list-dependencies</command>,
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525 the output is printed as a list instead of a tree.</para>
526 </listitem>
527 </varlistentry>
528
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529 <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
530 <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
531
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532 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
533 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
534 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
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535 </variablelist>
536 </refsect1>
537
538 <refsect1>
539 <title>Commands</title>
540
541 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
542
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543 <refsect2>
544 <title>Unit Commands</title>
4a6022f0 545
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546 <variablelist>
547 <varlistentry>
4f8f66cb 548 <term><command>list-units <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
4a6022f0 549
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550 <listitem>
551 <para>List known units (subject to limitations specified
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552 with <option>-t</option>). If one or more
553 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only
554 units matching one of them are shown.</para>
991f2a39 555
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556 <para>This is the default command.</para>
557 </listitem>
558 </varlistentry>
991f2a39 559
27722f96 560 <varlistentry>
4f8f66cb 561 <term><command>list-sockets <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
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562
563 <listitem>
e0e009c0 564 <para>List socket units ordered by listening address.
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565 If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are
566 specified, only socket units matching one of them are
567 shown. Produces output similar to
27722f96 568 <programlisting>
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569LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES
570/dev/initctl systemd-initctl.socket systemd-initctl.service
571...
572[::]:22 sshd.socket sshd.service
573kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
574
9fccdb0f 5755 sockets listed.</programlisting>
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576 Note: because the addresses might contains spaces, this output
577 is not suitable for programmatic consumption.
578 </para>
579
580 <para>See also the options <option>--show-types</option>,
581 <option>--all</option>, and <option>--failed</option>.</para>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
cbb76c29 585 <varlistentry>
4f8f66cb 586 <term><command>list-timers <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
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587
588 <listitem>
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589 <para>List timer units ordered by the time they elapse
590 next. If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s
591 are specified, only units matching one of them are shown.
592 </para>
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593
594 <para>See also the options <option>--all</option> and
595 <option>--failed</option>.</para>
596 </listitem>
597 </varlistentry>
598
27722f96 599 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 600 <term><command>start <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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601
602 <listitem>
603 <para>Start (activate) one or more units specified on the
604 command line.</para>
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605
606 <para>Note that glob patterns operate on a list of currently
607 loaded units. Units which are not active and are not in a
608 failed state usually are not loaded, and would not be
609 matched by any pattern. In addition, in case of
610 instantiated units, systemd is often unaware of the
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613 has limited usefulness.</para>
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615 </varlistentry>
616 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 617 <term><command>stop <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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619 <listitem>
620 <para>Stop (deactivate) one or more units specified on the
621 command line.</para>
622 </listitem>
623 </varlistentry>
624 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 625 <term><command>reload <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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627 <listitem>
628 <para>Asks all units listed on the command line to reload
629 their configuration. Note that this will reload the
630 service-specific configuration, not the unit configuration
631 file of systemd. If you want systemd to reload the
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634 for the example case of Apache, this will reload Apache's
635 <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the web server, not the
636 <filename>apache.service</filename> systemd unit
637 file.</para>
638
639 <para>This command should not be confused with the
640 <command>daemon-reload</command> or <command>load</command>
641 commands.</para>
642 </listitem>
643
644 </varlistentry>
645 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 646 <term><command>restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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648 <listitem>
649 <para>Restart one or more units specified on the command
650 line. If the units are not running yet, they will be
651 started.</para>
652 </listitem>
653 </varlistentry>
654 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 655 <term><command>try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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657 <listitem>
658 <para>Restart one or more units specified on the command
659 line if the units are running. This does nothing if units are not
660 running. Note that, for compatibility with Red Hat init
661 scripts, <command>condrestart</command> is equivalent to this
662 command.</para>
663 </listitem>
664 </varlistentry>
665 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 666 <term><command>reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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668 <listitem>
669 <para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not,
670 restart them instead. If the units are not running yet, they
671 will be started.</para>
672 </listitem>
673 </varlistentry>
674 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 675 <term><command>reload-or-try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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677 <listitem>
678 <para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not,
679 restart them instead. This does nothing if the units are not
680 running. Note that, for compatibility with SysV init scripts,
681 <command>force-reload</command> is equivalent to this
682 command.</para>
683 </listitem>
684 </varlistentry>
685 <varlistentry>
686 <term><command>isolate <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
687
688 <listitem>
689 <para>Start the unit specified on the command line and its
690 dependencies and stop all others.</para>
691
692 <para>This is similar to changing the runlevel in a
693 traditional init system. The <command>isolate</command>
694 command will immediately stop processes that are not enabled
695 in the new unit, possibly including the graphical
696 environment or terminal you are currently using.</para>
697
698 <para>Note that this is allowed only on units where
699 <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is enabled. See
700 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
701 for details.</para>
702 </listitem>
703 </varlistentry>
704 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 705 <term><command>kill <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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707 <listitem>
708 <para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the
709 unit. Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to select which
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711 the signal to send.</para>
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713 </varlistentry>
714 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 715 <term><command>is-active <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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717 <listitem>
718 <para>Check whether any of the specified units are active
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720 <constant>0</constant> if at least one is active, or
721 non-zero otherwise. Unless <option>--quiet</option> is
722 specified, this will also print the current unit state to
723 standard output.</para>
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725 </varlistentry>
726 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 727 <term><command>is-failed <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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729 <listitem>
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731 "failed" state. Returns an exit code
732 <constant>0</constant> if at least one has failed,
733 non-zero otherwise. Unless <option>--quiet</option> is
734 specified, this will also print the current unit state to
735 standard output.</para>
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737 </varlistentry>
738 <varlistentry>
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741 <listitem>
742 <para>Show terse runtime status information about one or
743 more units, followed by most recent log data from the
8fcf784d 744 journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If
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747 <option>-t</option>). If a PID is passed, show information
748 about the unit the process belongs to.</para>
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750 <para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
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752 use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
753 function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
754 lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
755 with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
756 see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
757 --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
758 <command>journalctl
759 --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
760 a similar filter for messages and might be more
761 convenient.
762 </para>
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764 </varlistentry>
765 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 766 <term><command>show</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</optional></term>
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768 <listitem>
769 <para>Show properties of one or more units, jobs, or the
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771 the manager will be shown. If a unit name is specified,
27722f96 772 properties of the unit is shown, and if a job id is
79640424 773 specified, properties of the job is shown. By default, empty
27722f96 774 properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to
79640424 775 show those too. To select specific properties to show, use
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777 used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
778 <command>status</command> if you are looking for formatted
779 human-readable output.</para>
780 </listitem>
781 </varlistentry>
e93c33d4 782 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 783 <term><command>cat <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
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787 "fragment" and "drop-ins" (source files) of units. Each
788 file is preceded by a comment which includes the file
789 name.</para>
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791 </varlistentry>
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793 <term><command>set-property <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>ASSIGNMENT</replaceable>...</command></term>
794
795 <listitem>
796 <para>Set the specified unit properties at runtime where
797 this is supported. This allows changing configuration
3fde5f30 798 parameter properties such as resource control settings at
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801 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
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803 for future boots, unless <option>--runtime</option> is
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805 next reboot. The syntax of the property assignment follows
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807
808 <para>Example: <command>systemctl set-property foobar.service CPUShares=777</command></para>
809
810 <para>Note that this command allows changing multiple
811 properties at the same time, which is preferable over
812 setting them individually. Like unit file configuration
813 settings, assigning the empty list to list parameters will
814 reset the list.</para>
815 </listitem>
816 </varlistentry>
817
818 <varlistentry>
e3e0314b 819 <term><command>help <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>...</command></term>
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821 <listitem>
822 <para>Show manual pages for one or more units, if
823 available. If a PID is given, the manual pages for the unit
824 the process belongs to are shown.</para>
825 </listitem>
826 </varlistentry>
827
828 <varlistentry>
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831 <listitem>
832 <para>Reset the <literal>failed</literal> state of the
833 specified units, or if no unit name is passed, reset the state of all
834 units. When a unit fails in some way (i.e. process exiting
835 with non-zero error code, terminating abnormally or timing
836 out), it will automatically enter the
837 <literal>failed</literal> state and its exit code and status
838 is recorded for introspection by the administrator until the
839 service is restarted or reset with this command.</para>
840 </listitem>
841 </varlistentry>
842
843 <varlistentry>
844 <term><command>list-dependencies <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
845
846 <listitem>
847 <para>Shows required and wanted units of the specified
848 unit. If no unit is specified,
849 <filename>default.target</filename> is implied. Target units
850 are recursively expanded. When <option>--all</option> is
851 passed, all other units are recursively expanded as
852 well.</para>
853 </listitem>
854 </varlistentry>
855 </variablelist>
856 </refsect2>
857
858 <refsect2>
859 <title>Unit File Commands</title>
860
861 <variablelist>
862 <varlistentry>
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865 <listitem>
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867 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only
868 units whose filename (just the last component of the path)
869 matches one of them are shown.</para>
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871 </varlistentry>
872
873 <varlistentry>
874 <term><command>enable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
875
876 <listitem>
877 <para>Enable one or more unit files or unit file instances,
878 as specified on the command line. This will create a number
879 of symlinks as encoded in the <literal>[Install]</literal>
880 sections of the unit files. After the symlinks have been
881 created, the systemd configuration is reloaded (in a way that
882 is equivalent to <command>daemon-reload</command>) to ensure
883 the changes are taken into account immediately. Note that
884 this does <emphasis>not</emphasis> have the effect of also
885 starting any of the units being enabled. If this
886 is desired, a separate <command>start</command> command must
887 be invoked for the unit. Also note that in case of instance
888 enablement, symlinks named the same as instances are created in
889 the install location, however they all point to the same
890 template unit file.</para>
891
892 <para>This command will print the actions executed. This
893 output may be suppressed by passing <option>--quiet</option>.
894 </para>
895
896 <para>Note that this operation creates only the suggested
897 symlinks for the units. While this command is the
898 recommended way to manipulate the unit configuration
899 directory, the administrator is free to make additional
900 changes manually by placing or removing symlinks in the
901 directory. This is particularly useful to create
902 configurations that deviate from the suggested default
903 installation. In this case, the administrator must make sure
904 to invoke <command>daemon-reload</command> manually as
905 necessary to ensure the changes are taken into account.
906 </para>
907
908 <para>Enabling units should not be confused with starting
909 (activating) units, as done by the <command>start</command>
910 command. Enabling and starting units is orthogonal: units
911 may be enabled without being started and started without
912 being enabled. Enabling simply hooks the unit into various
913 suggested places (for example, so that the unit is
914 automatically started on boot or when a particular kind of
915 hardware is plugged in). Starting actually spawns the daemon
916 process (in case of service units), or binds the socket (in
917 case of socket units), and so on.</para>
918
919 <para>Depending on whether <option>--system</option>,
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72f4d966 921 or <option>--global</option> is specified, this enables the unit
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923 the system, or for all future logins of all users, or only this
924 boot. Note that in the last case, no systemd daemon
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926 </listitem>
927 </varlistentry>
928
929 <varlistentry>
930 <term><command>disable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
931
932 <listitem>
933 <para>Disables one or more units. This removes all symlinks
934 to the specified unit files from the unit configuration
935 directory, and hence undoes the changes made by
936 <command>enable</command>. Note however that this removes
937 all symlinks to the unit files (i.e. including manual
938 additions), not just those actually created by
939 <command>enable</command>. This call implicitly reloads the
940 systemd daemon configuration after completing the disabling
941 of the units. Note that this command does not implicitly
942 stop the units that are being disabled. If this is desired,
943 an additional <command>stop</command> command should be
944 executed afterwards.</para>
945
946 <para>This command will print the actions executed. This
947 output may be suppressed by passing <option>--quiet</option>.
948 </para>
949
950 <para>This command honors <option>--system</option>,
72f4d966 951 <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option> and
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953 <command>enable</command>.</para>
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955 </varlistentry>
956
957 <varlistentry>
958 <term><command>is-enabled <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
959
960 <listitem>
961 <para>Checks whether any of the specified unit files are
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963 exit code of 0 if at least one is enabled, non-zero
964 otherwise. Prints the current enable status (see table).
965 To suppress this output, use <option>--quiet</option>.
966 </para>
967
968 <table>
969 <title>
970 <command>is-enabled</command> output
971 </title>
972
973 <tgroup cols='3'>
974 <thead>
975 <row>
976 <entry>Printed string</entry>
977 <entry>Meaning</entry>
978 <entry>Return value</entry>
979 </row>
980 </thead>
981 <tbody>
982 <row>
983 <entry><literal>enabled</literal></entry>
984 <entry morerows='1'>Enabled through a symlink in <filename>.wants</filename> directory (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
985 <entry morerows='1'>0</entry>
986 </row>
987 <row>
988 <entry><literal>enabled-runtime</literal></entry>
989 </row>
990 <row>
991 <entry><literal>linked</literal></entry>
992 <entry morerows='1'>Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
993 <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
994 </row>
995 <row>
996 <entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry>
997 </row>
998 <row>
999 <entry><literal>masked</literal></entry>
1000 <entry morerows='1'>Disabled entirely (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
1001 <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
1002 </row>
1003 <row>
1004 <entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry>
1005 </row>
1006 <row>
1007 <entry><literal>static</literal></entry>
1008 <entry>Unit is not enabled, but has no provisions for enabling in [Install] section</entry>
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1011 <row>
1012 <entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
1013 <entry>Unit is not enabled</entry>
1014 <entry>1</entry>
1015 </row>
1016 </tbody>
1017 </tgroup>
1018 </table>
1019
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1021 </varlistentry>
1022
1023 <varlistentry>
1024 <term><command>reenable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
1025
1026 <listitem>
1027 <para>Reenable one or more unit files, as specified on the
1028 command line. This is a combination of
1029 <command>disable</command> and <command>enable</command> and
1030 is useful to reset the symlinks a unit is enabled with to
1031 the defaults configured in the <literal>[Install]</literal>
1032 section of the unit file.</para>
1033 </listitem>
1034 </varlistentry>
1035
1036 <varlistentry>
1037 <term><command>preset <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
1038
1039 <listitem>
1040 <para>Reset one or more unit files, as specified on the
1041 command line, to the defaults configured in the preset
1042 policy files. This has the same effect as
1043 <command>disable</command> or <command>enable</command>,
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1045
1046 <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control
1047 whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
1048 enabled, or only disabled.</para>
1049
1050 <para>For more information on the preset policy format,
1051 see
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1053 For more information on the concept of presets, please
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1055 url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink>
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1057 </listitem>
1058 </varlistentry>
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1061 <term><command>preset-all</command></term>
1062
1063 <listitem>
1064 <para>Resets all installed unit files to the defaults
1065 configured in the preset policy file (see above).</para>
1066
1067 <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control
1068 whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
1069 enabled, or only disabled.</para>
1070 </listitem>
1071 </varlistentry>
1072
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1074 <term><command>mask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
1075
1076 <listitem>
1077 <para>Mask one or more unit files, as specified on the
1078 command line. This will link these units to
1079 <filename>/dev/null</filename>, making it impossible to
1080 start them. This is a stronger version of
1081 <command>disable</command>, since it prohibits all kinds of
1082 activation of the unit, including manual activation. Use
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72f4d966 1084 <option>--runtime</option> option to only mask temporarily
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1087 </varlistentry>
1088
1089 <varlistentry>
1090 <term><command>unmask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
1091
1092 <listitem>
1093 <para>Unmask one or more unit files, as specified on the
1094 command line. This will undo the effect of
1095 <command>mask</command>.</para>
1096 </listitem>
1097 </varlistentry>
1098
1099 <varlistentry>
1100 <term><command>link <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
1101
1102 <listitem>
1103 <para>Link a unit file that is not in the unit file search
1104 paths into the unit file search path. This requires an
1105 absolute path to a unit file. The effect of this can be
1106 undone with <command>disable</command>. The effect of this
1107 command is that a unit file is available for
1108 <command>start</command> and other commands although it
1109 is not installed directly in the unit search path.</para>
1110 </listitem>
1111 </varlistentry>
1112
1113 <varlistentry>
1114 <term><command>get-default</command></term>
1115
1116 <listitem>
1117 <para>Get the default target specified
1118 via <filename>default.target</filename> link.</para>
1119 </listitem>
1120 </varlistentry>
1121
1122 <varlistentry>
1123 <term><command>set-default <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
1124
1125 <listitem>
1126 <para>Set the default target to boot into. Command links
1127 <filename>default.target</filename> to the given unit.</para>
1128 </listitem>
1129 </varlistentry>
1130 </variablelist>
1131 </refsect2>
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1134 <title>Machine Commands</title>
1135
1136 <variablelist>
1137 <varlistentry>
1138 <term><command>list-machines <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
1139
1140 <listitem>
1141 <para>List the host and all running local containers with
1142 their state. If one or more
1143 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only
1144 containers matching one of them are shown.
1145 </para>
1146 </listitem>
1147 </varlistentry>
1148 </variablelist>
1149 </refsect2>
1150
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1152 <title>Job Commands</title>
1153
1154 <variablelist>
1155 <varlistentry>
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1160 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only
1161 jobs for units matching one of them are shown.</para>
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1163 </varlistentry>
1164 <varlistentry>
1165 <term><command>cancel <replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</command></term>
1166
1167 <listitem>
1168 <para>Cancel one or more jobs specified on the command line
1169 by their numeric job IDs. If no job ID is specified, cancel
1170 all pending jobs.</para>
1171 </listitem>
1172 </varlistentry>
1173 </variablelist>
1174 </refsect2>
1175
1176 <refsect2>
1177 <title>Snapshot Commands</title>
1178
1179 <variablelist>
1180 <varlistentry>
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1183 <listitem>
1184 <para>Create a snapshot. If a snapshot name is specified,
1185 the new snapshot will be named after it. If none is
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1187 either case, the snapshot name used is printed to standard
1188 output, unless <option>--quiet</option> is specified.
1189 </para>
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1191 <para>A snapshot refers to a saved state of the systemd
1192 manager. It is implemented itself as a unit that is
1193 generated dynamically with this command and has dependencies
1194 on all units active at the time. At a later time, the user
1195 may return to this state by using the
1196 <command>isolate</command> command on the snapshot unit.
1197 </para>
1198
1199 <para>Snapshots are only useful for saving and restoring
1200 which units are running or are stopped, they do not
1201 save/restore any other state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost
1202 on reboot.</para>
1203 </listitem>
1204 </varlistentry>
1205 <varlistentry>
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1208 <listitem>
1209 <para>Remove a snapshot previously created with
1210 <command>snapshot</command>.</para>
1211 </listitem>
1212 </varlistentry>
1213 </variablelist>
1214 </refsect2>
1215
1216 <refsect2>
1217 <title>Environment Commands</title>
1218
1219 <variablelist>
1220 <varlistentry>
1221 <term><command>show-environment</command></term>
1222
1223 <listitem>
1224 <para>Dump the systemd manager environment block. The
1225 environment block will be dumped in straight-forward form
1226 suitable for sourcing into a shell script. This environment
1227 block will be passed to all processes the manager
1228 spawns.</para>
1229 </listitem>
1230 </varlistentry>
1231 <varlistentry>
1232 <term><command>set-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE=VALUE</replaceable>...</command></term>
1233
1234 <listitem>
1235 <para>Set one or more systemd manager environment variables,
1236 as specified on the command line.</para>
1237 </listitem>
1238 </varlistentry>
1239 <varlistentry>
1240 <term><command>unset-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>...</command></term>
1241
1242 <listitem>
1243 <para>Unset one or more systemd manager environment
1244 variables. If only a variable name is specified, it will be
1245 removed regardless of its value. If a variable and a value
1246 are specified, the variable is only removed if it has the
1247 specified value.</para>
1248 </listitem>
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1250 <varlistentry>
1251 <term><command>import-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>...</command></term>
1252
1253 <listitem>
1254 <para>Import all, one or more environment variables set on
1255 the client into the systemd manager environment block. If
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1257 imported. Otherwise, a list of one or more environment
1258 variable names should be passed, whose client-side values
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1260 block.</para>
1261 </listitem>
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1263 </variablelist>
1264 </refsect2>
1265
1266 <refsect2>
1267 <title>Manager Lifecycle Commands</title>
1268
1269 <variablelist>
1270 <varlistentry>
1271 <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term>
1272
1273 <listitem>
1274 <para>Reload systemd manager configuration. This will reload
1275 all unit files and recreate the entire dependency
79640424 1276 tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets systemd
cbfaff65 1277 listens on behalf of user configuration will stay
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1279 with the <command>load</command> or
1280 <command>reload</command> commands.</para>
1281 </listitem>
1282 </varlistentry>
1283 <varlistentry>
1284 <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term>
1285
1286 <listitem>
1287 <para>Reexecute the systemd manager. This will serialize the
1288 manager state, reexecute the process and deserialize the
1289 state again. This command is of little use except for
79640424 1290 debugging and package upgrades. Sometimes, it might be
27722f96 1291 helpful as a heavy-weight <command>daemon-reload</command>.
79640424 1292 While the daemon is being reexecuted, all sockets systemd listening
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1294 </para>
1295 </listitem>
1296 </varlistentry>
1297 </variablelist>
1298 </refsect2>
1299
1300 <refsect2>
1301 <title>System Commands</title>
1302
1303 <variablelist>
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1305 <term><command>is-system-running</command></term>
1306
1307 <listitem>
1308 <para>Checks whether the system is running. This returns
1309 success when the system is fully up and running, meaning
1310 not in startup, shutdown or maintainance mode. Failure is
1311 returned otherwise. In addition, the current state is
1312 printed in a short string to standard output. Use
1313 <option>--quiet</option> to suppress output of this state
1314 string.</para>
1315 </listitem>
1316 </varlistentry>
1317
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1319 <term><command>default</command></term>
1320
1321 <listitem>
1322 <para>Enter default mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1323 <command>isolate default.target</command>.</para>
1324 </listitem>
1325 </varlistentry>
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1328 <term><command>rescue</command></term>
1329
1330 <listitem>
1331 <para>Enter rescue mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1332 <command>isolate rescue.target</command>, but also prints a
1333 wall message to all users.</para>
1334 </listitem>
1335 </varlistentry>
1336 <varlistentry>
1337 <term><command>emergency</command></term>
1338
1339 <listitem>
1340 <para>Enter emergency mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1341 <command>isolate emergency.target</command>, but also prints
1342 a wall message to all users.</para>
1343 </listitem>
1344 </varlistentry>
1345 <varlistentry>
1346 <term><command>halt</command></term>
1347
1348 <listitem>
1349 <para>Shut down and halt the system. This is mostly equivalent to
1350 <command>start halt.target --irreversible</command>, but also
1351 prints a wall message to all users. If combined with
1352 <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is
1353 skipped, however all processes are killed and all file
1354 systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately
1355 followed by the system halt. If <option>--force</option> is
1356 specified twice, the operation is immediately executed
1357 without terminating any processes or unmounting any file
1358 systems. This may result in data loss.</para>
1359 </listitem>
1360 </varlistentry>
1361 <varlistentry>
1362 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
1363
1364 <listitem>
1365 <para>Shut down and power-off the system. This is mostly
1366 equivalent to <command>start poweroff.target --irreversible</command>,
1367 but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with
1368 <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is
1369 skipped, however all processes are killed and all file
1370 systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately
1371 followed by the powering off. If <option>--force</option> is
1372 specified twice, the operation is immediately executed
1373 without terminating any processes or unmounting any file
1374 systems. This may result in data loss.</para>
1375 </listitem>
1376 </varlistentry>
1377 <varlistentry>
37185ec8 1378 <term><command>reboot <optional><replaceable>arg</replaceable></optional></command></term>
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1380 <listitem>
1381 <para>Shut down and reboot the system. This is mostly
1382 equivalent to <command>start reboot.target --irreversible</command>,
1383 but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with
1384 <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running services is
1385 skipped, however all processes are killed and all file
1386 systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately
1387 followed by the reboot. If <option>--force</option> is
1388 specified twice, the operation is immediately executed
1389 without terminating any processes or unmounting any file
1390 systems. This may result in data loss.</para>
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1392 <para>If the optional argument
1393 <replaceable>arg</replaceable> is given, it will be passed
1394 as the optional argument to the
1395 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>reboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1396 system call. The value is architecture and firmware
1397 specific. As an example, <literal>recovery</literal> might
1398 be used to trigger system recovery, and
1399 <literal>fota</literal> might be used to trigger a
1400 <quote>firmware over the air</quote> update.</para>
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1402 </varlistentry>
1403 <varlistentry>
1404 <term><command>kexec</command></term>
1405
1406 <listitem>
1407 <para>Shut down and reboot the system via kexec. This is
1408 mostly equivalent to <command>start kexec.target --irreversible</command>,
1409 but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined
1410 with <option>--force</option>, shutdown of all running
1411 services is skipped, however all processes are killed and
1412 all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only,
1413 immediately followed by the reboot.</para>
1414 </listitem>
1415 </varlistentry>
1416 <varlistentry>
1417 <term><command>exit</command></term>
1418
1419 <listitem>
1420 <para>Ask the systemd manager to quit. This is only
1421 supported for user service managers (i.e. in conjunction
1422 with the <option>--user</option> option) and will fail
1423 otherwise.</para>
1424 </listitem>
1425
1426 </varlistentry>
1427 <varlistentry>
1428 <term><command>suspend</command></term>
1429
1430 <listitem>
1431 <para>Suspend the system. This will trigger activation of
1432 the special <filename>suspend.target</filename> target.
1433 </para>
1434 </listitem>
1435 </varlistentry>
1436 <varlistentry>
1437 <term><command>hibernate</command></term>
1438
1439 <listitem>
1440 <para>Hibernate the system. This will trigger activation of
1441 the special <filename>hibernate.target</filename> target.
1442 </para>
1443 </listitem>
1444 </varlistentry>
1445 <varlistentry>
1446 <term><command>hybrid-sleep</command></term>
1447
1448 <listitem>
1449 <para>Hibernate and suspend the system. This will trigger
1450 activation of the special
1451 <filename>hybrid-sleep.target</filename> target.</para>
1452 </listitem>
1453 </varlistentry>
1454 <varlistentry>
d8fba7c6 1455 <term><command>switch-root <replaceable>ROOT</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>INIT</replaceable></optional></command></term>
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1457 <listitem>
1458 <para>Switches to a different root directory and executes a
1459 new system manager process below it. This is intended for
1460 usage in initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will transition
1461 from the initrd's system manager process (a.k.a "init"
1462 process) to the main system manager process. This call takes two
1463 arguments: the directory that is to become the new root directory, and
1464 the path to the new system manager binary below it to
1465 execute as PID 1. If the latter is omitted or the empty
1466 string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for
1467 and used as init. If the system manager path is omitted or
1468 equal to the empty string, the state of the initrd's system
1469 manager process is passed to the main system manager, which
1470 allows later introspection of the state of the services
1471 involved in the initrd boot.</para>
1472 </listitem>
1473 </varlistentry>
1474 </variablelist>
1475 </refsect2>
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1478 <title>Parameter Syntax</title>
1479
1e89266b 1480 <para>Unit commands listed above take either a single unit name
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1482 unit specifications (designated as
1483 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...). In the first case, the
1484 unit name with or without a suffix must be given. If the suffix
1485 is not specified, systemctl will append a suitable suffix,
1486 <literal>.service</literal> by default, and a type-specific
1487 suffix in case of commands which operate only on specific unit
1488 types. For example,
1489 <programlisting># systemctl start sshd</programlisting> and
1490 <programlisting># systemctl start sshd.service</programlisting>
1491 are equivalent, as are
1492 <programlisting># systemctl isolate snapshot-11</programlisting>
1493 and
1494 <programlisting># systemctl isolate snapshot-11.snapshot</programlisting>
1495 Note that (absolute) paths to device nodes are automatically
1496 converted to device unit names, and other (absolute) paths to
1497 mount unit names.
1498 <programlisting># systemctl status /dev/sda
1499# systemctl status /home</programlisting>
1500 are equivalent to:
1501 <programlisting># systemctl status dev-sda.device
1502# systemctl status home.mount</programlisting>
1503 In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against
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1506 literal unit names always refer to exactly one unit, but globs
1507 may match zero units and this is not considered an error.</para>
1508
1509 <para>Glob patterns use
1510 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fnmatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1511 so normal shell-style globbing rules are used, and
1512 <literal>*</literal>, <literal>?</literal>,
1513 <literal>[]</literal> may be used. See
1514 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1515 for more details. The patterns are matched against the names of
66f756d4 1516 currently loaded units, and patterns which do not match anything
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1518 <programlisting># systemctl stop sshd@*.service</programlisting>
1519 will stop all <filename>sshd@.service</filename> instances.
1520 </para>
1521
1522 <para>For unit file commands, the specified
1523 <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the full name of the
1524 unit file, or the absolute path to the unit file:
1525 <programlisting># systemctl enable foo.service</programlisting>
1526 or
1527 <programlisting># systemctl link /path/to/foo.service</programlisting>
1528 </para>
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1532
1533 <refsect1>
1534 <title>Exit status</title>
1535
7b870f60 1536 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
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1538 </refsect1>
1539
21ac6ff1 1540 <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
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1542 <refsect1>
1543 <title>See Also</title>
1544 <para>
1545 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1546 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1547 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1548 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1549 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3fde5f30 1550 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-management</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4a6022f0 1551 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
5aded369 1552 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4a6022f0 1553 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
e3e0314b 1554 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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