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23
ee5762e3 24<refentry id="systemctl">
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26 <refentryinfo>
27 <title>systemctl</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30 <authorgroup>
31 <author>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36 </author>
37 </authorgroup>
38 </refentryinfo>
39
40 <refmeta>
41 <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
43 </refmeta>
44
45 <refnamediv>
46 <refname>systemctl</refname>
af2d49f7 47 <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose>
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48 </refnamediv>
49
50 <refsynopsisdiv>
51 <cmdsynopsis>
52 <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command>
53 </cmdsynopsis>
54 </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56 <refsect1>
57 <title>Description</title>
58
59 <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to
60 introspect and control the state of the
61 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
af2d49f7 62 system and service manager.</para>
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63 </refsect1>
64
65 <refsect1>
66 <title>Options</title>
67
68 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
69
70 <variablelist>
71 <varlistentry>
72 <term><option>--help</option></term>
7594fb25 73 <term><option>-h</option></term>
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74
75 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
76 text and exits.</para></listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
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79 <varlistentry>
80 <term><option>--version</option></term>
81
82 <listitem><para>Prints a short version
83 string and exits.</para></listitem>
84 </varlistentry>
85
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86 <varlistentry>
87 <term><option>--type=</option></term>
7594fb25 88 <term><option>-t</option></term>
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89
90 <listitem><para>When listing units,
91 limit display to certain unit
92 types. If not specified units of all
93 types will be shown. The argument
94 should be a unit type name such as
95 <option>service</option>,
96 <option>socket</option> and
97 similar.</para></listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
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100 <varlistentry>
101 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
102 <term><option>-p</option></term>
103
104 <listitem><para>When showing
a61933ad 105 unit/job/manager properties, limit
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106 display to certain properties as
107 specified as argument. If not
108 specified all set properties are
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109 shown. The argument should be a
110 property name, such as
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111 <literal>MainPID</literal>. If
112 specified more than once all
113 properties with the specified names
114 are shown.</para></listitem>
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115 </varlistentry>
116
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117 <varlistentry>
118 <term><option>--all</option></term>
7594fb25 119 <term><option>-a</option></term>
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120
121 <listitem><para>When listing units,
122 show all units, regardless of their
393a2f9b 123 state, including inactive units. When
a61933ad 124 showing unit/job/manager properties,
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125 show all properties regardless whether
126 they are set or not.</para></listitem>
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127 </varlistentry>
128
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129 <varlistentry>
130 <term><option>--failed</option></term>
131
132 <listitem><para>When listing units,
133 show only failed units. Do not confuse
134 with
135 <option>--fail</option>.</para></listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137
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138 <varlistentry>
139 <term><option>--full</option></term>
140
141 <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize unit
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142 names and truncate unit descriptions
143 in the output of
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144 <command>list-units</command> and
145 <command>list-jobs</command>.</para></listitem>
146 </varlistentry>
147
7874bcd6 148 <varlistentry>
90d473a1 149 <term><option>--fail</option></term>
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150
151 <listitem><para>If the requested
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152 operation conflicts with a pending
153 unfinished job, fail the command. If
154 this is not specified the requested
155 operation will replace the pending job,
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156 if necessary. Do not confuse
157 with
158 <option>--failed</option>.</para></listitem>
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159 </varlistentry>
160
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161 <varlistentry>
162 <term><option>--ignore-dependencies</option></term>
163
164 <listitem><para>When enqueuing a new
165 job ignore all its dependencies and
166 execute it immediately. If passed no
167 required units of the unit passed will
168 be pulled in, and no ordering
169 dependencies will be honoured. This is
170 mostly a debugging and rescue tool for
171 the administrator and should not be
172 used by
173 applications.</para></listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175
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176 <varlistentry>
177 <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
178 <term><option>-q</option></term>
179
180 <listitem><para>Suppress output to
181 STDOUT in
182 <command>snapshot</command>,
3d428115 183 <command>is-active</command>,
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184 <command>enable</command> and
185 <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem>
186 </varlistentry>
187
188 <varlistentry>
189 <term><option>--no-block</option></term>
190
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191 <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for
192 the requested operation to finish. If this is
193 not specified the job will be verified,
194 enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will
195 wait until it is completed. By passing this
196 argument it is only verified and
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197 enqueued.</para></listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
ee5762e3 199
0736af98 200 <varlistentry>
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201 <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
202
0e25e94e 203 <listitem><para>Do not print a legend, i.e.
ebed32bf 204 the column headers and the footer with hints.
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205 </para></listitem>
206 </varlistentry>
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207
208 <varlistentry>
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209 <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
210
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211 <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
212 pager.</para></listitem>
213 </varlistentry>
0736af98 214
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215 <varlistentry>
216 <term><option>--system</option></term>
217
218 <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
219 system manager. (Default)</para></listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry>
af2d49f7 223 <term><option>--user</option></term>
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224
225 <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
af2d49f7 226 manager of the calling user.</para></listitem>
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227 </varlistentry>
228
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229 <varlistentry>
230 <term><option>--order</option></term>
231 <term><option>--require</option></term>
232
233 <listitem><para>When used in
234 conjunction with the
235 <command>dot</command> command (see
236 below), selects which dependencies are
237 shown in the dependency graph. If
238 <option>--order</option> is passed
239 only dependencies of type
240 <varname>After=</varname> or
241 <varname>Before=</varname> are
242 shown. If <option>--require</option>
243 is passed only dependencies of type
244 <varname>Requires=</varname>,
245 <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>,
246 <varname>Requisite=</varname>,
247 <varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname>,
248 <varname>Wants=</varname> and
249 <varname>Conflicts=</varname> are
250 shown. If neither is passed, shows
251 dependencies of all these
252 types.</para></listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
7874bcd6 255 <varlistentry>
ee5762e3 256 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
7874bcd6 257
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258 <listitem><para>Don't send wall
259 message before
260 halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
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261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry>
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264 <term><option>--global</option></term>
265
266 <listitem><para>When used with
267 <command>enable</command> and
268 <command>disable</command>, operate on the
3d428115 269 global user configuration
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270 directory, thus enabling or disabling
271 a unit file globally for all future
af2d49f7 272 logins of all users.</para></listitem>
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273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry>
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276 <term><option>--no-reload</option></term>
277
278 <listitem><para>When used with
279 <command>enable</command> and
280 <command>disable</command>, do not
281 implicitly reload daemon configuration
282 after executing the
283 changes.</para></listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
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286 <varlistentry>
287 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
288
289 <listitem><para>When used with
290 <command>start</command> and related
291 commands, disables asking for
292 passwords. Background services may
293 require input of a password or
294 passphrase string, for example to
295 unlock system hard disks or
296 cryptographic certificates. Unless
297 this option is specified and the
298 command is invoked from a terminal
299 <command>systemctl</command> will
300 query the user on the terminal for the
301 necessary secrets. Use this option to
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302 switch this behavior off. In this case
303 the password must be supplied by some
304 other means (for example graphical
305 password agents) or the service might
306 fail. This also disables querying the
307 user for authentication for privileged
308 operations.</para></listitem>
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309 </varlistentry>
310
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311 <varlistentry>
312 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
313
314 <listitem><para>When used with
315 <command>kill</command>, choose which
316 processes to kill. Must be one of
317 <option>main</option>,
318 <option>control</option> or
319 <option>all</option> to select whether
320 to kill only the main process of the
321 unit, the control process or all
3d428115 322 processes of the unit. If omitted
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323 defaults to
324 <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry>
3d428115 328 <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
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329 <term><option>-s</option></term>
330
331 <listitem><para>When used with
332 <command>kill</command>, choose which
333 signal to send to selected
334 processes. Must be one of the well
3d428115 335 known signal specifiers such as
8a0867d6 336 SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If
3d428115 337 omitted defaults to
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338 <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para></listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
7594fb25 341 <varlistentry>
ee5762e3 342 <term><option>--force</option></term>
6f352544 343 <term><option>-f</option></term>
7874bcd6 344
ee5762e3 345 <listitem><para>When used with
7cf55dd0 346 <command>enable</command>, overwrite any
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347 existing conflicting
348 symlinks.</para></listitem>
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349
350 <listitem><para>When used with
351 <command>halt</command>,
352 <command>poweroff</command>,
353 <command>reboot</command> or
e606bb61 354 <command>kexec</command> execute the
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355 selected operation without shutting
356 down all units. However, all processes
357 will be killed forcibly and all file
358 systems are unmounted or remounted
359 read-only. This is hence a drastic but
360 relatively safe option to request an
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361 immediate reboot. If
362 <option>--force</option> is specified
363 twice for these operations, they will
364 be executed immediately without
365 terminating any processes or umounting
366 any file systems. Warning: specifying
367 <option>--force</option> twice with
368 any of these operations might result
369 in data loss.</para></listitem>
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370 </varlistentry>
371
372 <varlistentry>
729e3769 373 <term><option>--root=</option></term>
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374
375 <listitem><para>When used with
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376 <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command> (and
377 related commands), use alternative
378 root path when looking for unit
379 files.</para></listitem>
7874bcd6 380 </varlistentry>
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be394c48 382 <varlistentry>
729e3769 383 <term><option>--runtime</option></term>
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384
385 <listitem><para>When used with
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386 <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command> (and related commands), make
387 changes only temporarily, so that they
388 are dropped on the next reboot. This
389 will have the effect that changes are
390 not made in subdirectories of
391 <filename>/etc</filename> but in
392 <filename>/run</filename>, with
393 identical immediate effects, however,
394 since the latter is lost on reboot,
395 the changes are lost
396 too.</para></listitem>
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397 </varlistentry>
398
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399 <varlistentry>
400 <term><option>-H</option></term>
401 <term><option>--host</option></term>
402
403 <listitem><para>Execute operation
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404 remotely. Specify a hostname, or
405 username and hostname separated by @,
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406 to connect to. This will use SSH to
407 talk to the remote systemd
408 instance.</para></listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 <varlistentry>
412 <term><option>-P</option></term>
413 <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
414
415 <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via
416 PolicyKit before executing the
417 operation.</para></listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
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419
420 <varlistentry>
421 <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
422 <term><option>-n</option></term>
423
424 <listitem><para>When used with
425 <command>status</command> controls the
426 number of journal lines to show,
427 counting from the most recent
428 ones. Takes a positive integer
429 argument. Defaults to
430 10.</para></listitem>
431 </varlistentry>
432
433 <varlistentry>
434 <term><option>--follow</option></term>
568b679f 435 <term><option>-f</option></term>
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436
437 <listitem><para>When used with
438 <command>status</command> continously
439 prints new journal entries as they are
440 appended to the
441 journal.</para></listitem>
442 </varlistentry>
443
444 <varlistentry>
445 <term><option>--output=</option></term>
446 <term><option>-o</option></term>
447
448 <listitem><para>When used with
449 <command>status</command> controls the
450 formatting of the journal entries that
451 are shown. For the available choices
452 see
169c4f65 453 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults
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454 to
455 <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem>
456 </varlistentry>
457
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458 </variablelist>
459
460 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
461
462 <variablelist>
463 <varlistentry>
464 <term><command>list-units</command></term>
465
466 <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem>
467 </varlistentry>
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468 <varlistentry>
469 <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term>
470
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471 <listitem><para>Start (activate) one
472 or more units specified on the command
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473 line.</para></listitem>
474 </varlistentry>
475 <varlistentry>
476 <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term>
477
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478 <listitem><para>Stop (deactivate) one
479 or more units specified on the command
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480 line.</para></listitem>
481 </varlistentry>
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482 <varlistentry>
483 <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term>
484
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485 <listitem><para>Asks all units listed
486 on the command line to reload their
7874bcd6 487 configuration. Note that this will
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488 reload the service-specific
489 configuration, not the unit
490 configuration file of systemd. If you
491 want systemd to reload the
492 configuration file of a unit use the
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493 <command>daemon-reload</command>
494 command. In other words: for the
495 example case of Apache, this will
496 reload Apache's
497 <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the
498 web server, not the
499 <filename>apache.service</filename>
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500 systemd unit file. </para>
501
502 <para>This command should not be
503 confused with the
504 <command>daemon-reload</command> or
505 <command>load</command>
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506 commands.</para></listitem>
507
508 </varlistentry>
509 <varlistentry>
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510 <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term>
511
512 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
513 units specified on the command
514 line. If the units are not running yet
515 they will be
516 started.</para></listitem>
517 </varlistentry>
518 <varlistentry>
519 <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
520
521 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
522 units specified on the command
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523 line if the units are running. Do
524 nothing if units are not running.
525 Note that for compatibility
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526 with Red Hat init scripts
527 <command>condrestart</command> is
528 equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
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529 </varlistentry>
530 <varlistentry>
531 <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
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533 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
534 units if they support it. If not,
535 restart them instead. If the units
536 are not running yet they will be
537 started.</para></listitem>
538 </varlistentry>
539 <varlistentry>
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540 <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
541
542 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
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544 restart them instead. Do nothing if
545 the units are not running. Note that
546 for compatibility with SysV init
547 scripts
9bee76ee 548 <command>force-reload</command> is
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549 equivalent to this
550 command.</para></listitem>
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551 </varlistentry>
552 <varlistentry>
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553 <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term>
554
555 <listitem><para>Start the unit
556 specified on the command line and its
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557 dependencies and stop all others.</para>
558
559 <para>This is similar to changing the
560 runlevel in a traditional init system. The
561 <command>isolate</command> command will
562 immediately stop processes that are not
563 enabled in the new unit, possibly including
564 the graphical environment or terminal you
565 are currently using.</para>
566
567 <para>Note that this works only on units
568 where <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is
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569 enabled. See
570 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
571 for details.</para></listitem>
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573 <varlistentry>
574 <term><command>kill [NAME...]</command></term>
575
576 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
577 or more processes of the unit. Use
578 <option>--kill-who=</option> to select
579 which process to kill. Use
580 <option>--kill-mode=</option> to
581 select the kill mode and
582 <option>--signal=</option> to select
583 the signal to send.</para></listitem>
584 </varlistentry>
7594fb25 585 <varlistentry>
ee5762e3 586 <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term>
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588 <listitem><para>Check whether any of
3d428115 589 the specified units are active
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590 (i.e. running). Returns an exit code
591 0 if at least one is active, non-zero
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592 otherwise. Unless
593 <option>--quiet</option> is specified
594 this will also print the current unit
595 state to STDOUT.</para></listitem>
596 </varlistentry>
61cbdc4b 597 <varlistentry>
75676b72 598 <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term>
61cbdc4b 599
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600 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
601 status information about one or more
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602 units, followed by its most recent log
603 data from the journal. This function
604 is intended to generate human-readable
605 output. If you are looking for
606 computer-parsable output, use
607 <command>show</command> instead. If a
608 PID is passed information about the
609 unit the process of the PID belongs to
610 is shown.</para></listitem>
61cbdc4b 611 </varlistentry>
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612 <varlistentry>
613 <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
614
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615 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
616 or more units, jobs or the manager
393a2f9b 617 itself. If no argument is specified
61cbdc4b 618 properties of the manager will be
393a2f9b 619 shown. If a unit name is specified
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620 properties of the unit is shown, and
621 if a job id is specified properties of
622 the job is shown. By default, empty
623 properties are suppressed. Use
624 <option>--all</option> to show those
625 too. To select specific properties to
626 show use
627 <option>--property=</option>. This
628 command is intended to be used
629 whenever computer-parsable output is
630 required. Use
631 <command>status</command> if you are
632 looking for formatted human-readable
633 output.</para></listitem>
393a2f9b 634 </varlistentry>
256425cc 635 <varlistentry>
b43f208f 636 <term><command>help [NAME...|PID...]</command></term>
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638 <listitem><para>Show manual pages for
639 one or more units, if available. If a
640 PID is passed the manual pages for the
641 unit the process of the PID belongs to
642 is shown.</para></listitem>
643 </varlistentry>
5632e374 644 <varlistentry>
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645 <term><command>reset-failed [NAME...]</command></term>
646
647 <listitem><para>Reset the
648 '<literal>failed</literal>' state of the
649 specified units, or if no unit name is
650 passed of all units. When a unit fails
651 in some way (i.e. process exiting with
652 non-zero error code, terminating
653 abnormally or timing out) it will
654 automatically enter the
655 '<literal>failed</literal>' state and
656 its exit code and status is recorded
657 for introspection by the administrator
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658 until the service is restarted or
659 reset with this
660 command.</para></listitem>
661 </varlistentry>
662
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663 <varlistentry>
664 <term><command>list-unit-files</command></term>
665
666 <listitem><para>List installed unit files.
667 </para></listitem>
668 </varlistentry>
669
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671 <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term>
672
673 <listitem><para>Enable one or more
674 unit files, as specified on the
675 command line. This will create a
676 number of symlinks as encoded in the
677 <literal>[Install]</literal> sections
678 of the unit files. After the symlinks
679 have been created the systemd
680 configuration is reloaded (in a way
681 that is equivalent to
682 <command>daemon-reload</command>) to
683 ensure the changes are taken into
684 account immediately. Note that this
685 does not have the effect that any of
686 the units enabled are also started at
687 the same time. If this is desired a
96d4ce01 688 separate <command>start</command>
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690 unit.</para>
691
692 <para>This command will
693 print the actions executed. This
694 output may be suppressed by passing
695 <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
696
697 <para>Note that this operation creates
698 only the suggested symlinks for the
699 units. While this command is the
700 recommended way to manipulate the unit
701 configuration directory, the
702 administrator is free to make
703 additional changes manually, by
704 placing or removing symlinks in the
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707 from the suggested default
708 installation. In this case the
709 administrator must make sure to invoke
710 <command>daemon-reload</command>
711 manually as necessary, to ensure his
712 changes are taken into account.</para>
713
714 <para>Enabling units should not be
715 confused with starting (activating)
716 units, as done by the
717 <command>start</command>
718 command. Enabling and starting units
719 is orthogonal: units may be enabled
720 without being started and started
721 without being enabled. Enabling simply
722 hooks the unit into various suggested
723 places (for example, so that the unit
724 is automatically started on boot or
725 when a particular kind of hardware is
726 plugged in). Starting actually spawns
727 the daemon process (in case of service
728 units), or binds the socket (in case
729 of socket units), and so
730 on.</para>
731
732 <para>Depending on whether
733 <option>--system</option>,
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736 this enables the unit for the system,
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738 or for all future logins of all
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740 systemd daemon configuration is
741 reloaded.</para>
742 </listitem>
743 </varlistentry>
744
745 <varlistentry>
746 <term><command>disable [NAME...]</command></term>
747
748 <listitem><para>Disables one or more
749 units. This removes all symlinks to
750 the specified unit files from the unit
751 configuration directory, and hence
752 undoes the changes made by
753 <command>enable</command>. Note
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756 (i.e. including manual additions), not
757 just those actually created by
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760 configuration after completing the
761 disabling of the units. Note that this
762 command does not implicitly stop the
763 units that is being disabled. If this
764 is desired an additional
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767
768 <para>This command will print the
769 actions executed. This output may be
770 suppressed by passing
771 <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
772 </listitem>
773
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af2d49f7 776 <option>--user</option>,
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778 way as
779 <command>enable</command>.</para>
780 </varlistentry>
781
782 <varlistentry>
783 <term><command>is-enabled [NAME...]</command></term>
784
785 <listitem><para>Checks whether any of
786 the specified unit files is enabled
787 (as with
788 <command>enable</command>). Returns an
789 exit code of 0 if at least one is
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791 the current enable status. To suppress
792 this output use
793 <option>--quiet</option>.</para></listitem>
794 </varlistentry>
795
796 <varlistentry>
797 <term><command>reenable [NAME...]</command></term>
798
799 <listitem><para>Reenable one or more
800 unit files, as specified on the
801 command line. This is a combination of
802 <command>disable</command> and
803 <command>enable</command> and is
804 useful to reset the symlinks a unit is
805 enabled with to the defaults
806 configured in the
807 <literal>[Install]</literal> section
808 of the unit file.</para>
809 </listitem>
810 </varlistentry>
811
812 <varlistentry>
813 <term><command>preset [NAME...]</command></term>
814
815 <listitem><para>Reset one or more unit
816 files, as specified on the command
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818 the preset policy files. This has the
819 same effect as
820 <command>disable</command> or
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822 how the unit is listed in the preset
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825 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For
826 more information on the concept of
827 presets please consult the <ulink
828 url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink>
829 document.</para>
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831 </varlistentry>
832
833 <varlistentry>
834 <term><command>mask [NAME...]</command></term>
835
836 <listitem><para>Mask one or more unit
837 files, as specified on the command
838 line. This will link these units to
839 <filename>/dev/null</filename>, making
840 it impossible to start them. This is a stronger version
841 of <command>disable</command>, since
842 it prohibits all kinds of activation
843 of the unit, including manual
844 activation. Use this option with
845 care.</para>
846 </listitem>
847 </varlistentry>
848
849 <varlistentry>
850 <term><command>unmask [NAME...]</command></term>
851
852 <listitem><para>Unmask one or more
853 unit files, as specified on the
854 command line. This will undo the
855 effect of
856 <command>mask</command>.</para>
857 </listitem>
858 </varlistentry>
859
860 <varlistentry>
861 <term><command>link [NAME...]</command></term>
862
863 <listitem><para>Link a unit file that
864 is not in the unit file search paths
865 into the unit file search path. This
866 requires an absolute path to a unit
867 file. The effect of this can be undone
868 with <command>disable</command>. The
869 effect of this command is that a unit
870 file is available for
871 <command>start</command> and other
872 commands although it isn't installed
873 directly in the unit search
874 path.</para>
875 </listitem>
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877
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879 <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term>
880
881 <listitem><para>Load one or more units
882 specified on the command line. This
883 will simply load their configuration
884 from disk, but not start them. To
885 start them you need to use the
886 <command>start</command> command which
887 will implicitly load a unit that has
888 not been loaded yet. Note that systemd
889 garbage collects loaded units that are
890 not active or referenced by an active
891 unit. This means that units loaded
892 this way will usually not stay loaded
893 for long. Also note that this command
894 cannot be used to reload unit
895 configuration. Use the
896 <command>daemon-reload</command>
897 command for that. All in all, this
898 command is of little use except for
899 debugging.</para>
900 <para>This command should not be
901 confused with the
902 <command>daemon-reload</command> or
903 <command>reload</command>
904 commands.</para></listitem>
905 </varlistentry>
906 <varlistentry>
907 <term><command>list-jobs</command></term>
908
909 <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem>
910 </varlistentry>
911 <varlistentry>
912 <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term>
913
914 <listitem><para>Cancel one or more
915 jobs specified on the command line by
916 their numeric job
3d428115 917 IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.</para></listitem>
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920 <term><command>dump</command></term>
921
922 <listitem><para>Dump server
923 status. This will output a (usually
924 very long) human readable manager
925 status dump. Its format is subject to
926 change without notice and should not
927 be parsed by
928 applications.</para></listitem>
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931 <term><command>dot</command></term>
932
933 <listitem><para>Generate textual
934 dependency graph description in dot
935 format for further processing with the
936 GraphViz
937 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
938 tool. Use a command line like
939 <command>systemctl dot | dot -Tsvg >
940 systemd.svg</command> to generate a
941 graphical dependency tree. Unless
942 <option>--order</option> or
943 <option>--require</option> is passed
944 the generated graph will show both
945 ordering and requirement
946 dependencies.</para></listitem>
947 </varlistentry>
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949 <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term>
950
951 <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If
af62c704 952 a snapshot name is specified, the new
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954 none is specified an automatic
955 snapshot name is generated. In either
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957 printed to STDOUT, unless
958 <option>--quiet</option> is
959 specified.</para>
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961 <para>A snapshot refers to a saved
962 state of the systemd manager. It is
3d428115 963 implemented itself as a unit that is
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965 command and has dependencies on all
966 units active at the time. At a later
967 time the user may return to this state
968 by using the
969 <command>isolate</command> command on
970 the snapshot unit.</para></listitem>
971
972 <para>Snapshots are only useful for
973 saving and restoring which units are
974 running or are stopped, they do not
975 save/restore any other
976 state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost
977 on reboot.</para>
978 </varlistentry>
979 <varlistentry>
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981
982 <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot
983 previously created with
984 <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem>
985 </varlistentry>
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988
989 <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager
990 configuration. This will reload all
991 unit files and recreate the entire
992 dependency tree. While the daemon is
af62c704 993 reloaded, all sockets systemd listens
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996 command should not be confused with
997 the <command>load</command> or
998 <command>reload</command>
999 commands.</para></listitem>
1000 </varlistentry>
1001 <varlistentry>
1002 <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term>
1003
1004 <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd
1005 manager. This will serialize the
1006 manager state, reexecute the process
1007 and deserialize the state again. This
1008 command is of little use except for
1009 debugging and package
1010 upgrades. Sometimes it might be
1011 helpful as a heavy-weight
1012 <command>daemon-reload</command>. While
1013 the daemon is reexecuted all sockets
1014 systemd listens on on behalf of user
1015 configuration will stay
1016 accessible.</para></listitem>
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1019 <term><command>show-environment</command></term>
1020
1021 <listitem><para>Dump the systemd
1022 manager environment block. The
1023 environment block will be dumped in
1024 straight-forward form suitable for
1025 sourcing into a shell script. This
1026 environment block will be passed to
1027 all processes the manager
1028 spawns.</para></listitem>
1029 </varlistentry>
1030 <varlistentry>
1031 <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term>
1032
1033 <listitem><para>Set one or more
1034 systemd manager environment variables,
1035 as specified on the command
1036 line.</para></listitem>
1037 </varlistentry>
1038 <varlistentry>
1039 <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term>
1040
1041 <listitem><para>Unset one or more
1042 systemd manager environment
1043 variables. If only a variable name is
1044 specified it will be removed
1045 regardless of its value. If a variable
1046 and a value are specified the variable
1047 is only removed if it has the
1048 specified value.</para></listitem>
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1051 <term><command>default</command></term>
1052
1053 <listitem><para>Enter default
1054 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1055 <command>start
1056 default.target</command>.</para></listitem>
1057 </varlistentry>
1058 <varlistentry>
1059 <term><command>rescue</command></term>
1060
1061 <listitem><para>Enter rescue
1062 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1063 <command>isolate
1064 rescue.target</command> but also
1065 prints a wall message to all
1066 users.</para></listitem>
1067 </varlistentry>
1068 <varlistentry>
1069 <term><command>emergency</command></term>
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1072 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
1073 <command>isolate
1074 emergency.target</command> but also
1075 prints a wall message to all
1076 users.</para></listitem>
1077 </varlistentry>
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1079 <term><command>halt</command></term>
1080
1081 <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the
1082 system. This is mostly equivalent to
1083 <command>start halt.target</command>
1084 but also prints a wall message to all
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1086 <option>--force</option> shutdown of
1087 all running services is skipped,
1088 however all processes are killed and
1089 all file systems are unmounted or
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1092 <option>--force</option> is specified
1093 twice the the operation is immediately
1094 executed without terminating any
1095 processes or unmounting any file
1096 systems. This may result in data
1097 loss.</para></listitem>
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1099 <varlistentry>
1100 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
1101
1102 <listitem><para>Shut down and
1103 power-off the system. This is mostly
1104 equivalent to <command>start
1105 poweroff.target</command> but also
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1110 killed and all file systems are
1111 unmounted or mounted read-only,
1112 immediately followed by the powering
1113 off. If <option>--force</option> is
1114 specified twice the the operation is
1115 immediately executed without
1116 terminating any processes or
1117 unmounting any file systems. This may
1118 result in data loss.</para></listitem>
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1120 <varlistentry>
1121 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
1122
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1124 the system. This is mostly equivalent
1125 to <command>start
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1129 shutdown of all running services is
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1130 skipped, however all processes are
1131 killed and all file systems are
1132 unmounted or mounted read-only,
1133 immediately followed by the reboot. If
1134 <option>--force</option> is specified
1135 twice the the operation is immediately
1136 executed without terminating any
1137 processes or unmounting any file
1138 systems. This may result in data
1139 loss.</para></listitem>
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1141 <varlistentry>
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1145 the system via kexec. This is mostly
1146 equivalent to <command>start
1147 kexec.target</command> but also prints
1148 a wall message to all users. If
1149 combined with <option>--force</option>
1150 shutdown of all running services is
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1152 and all file systems are unmounted or
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1154 followed by the
1155 reboot.</para></listitem>
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1157 <varlistentry>
59cddb23 1158 <term><command>exit</command></term>
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1161 manager to quit. This is only
af2d49f7 1162 supported for user service managers
59cddb23 1163 (i.e. in conjunction with the
af2d49f7 1164 <option>--user</option> option) and
59cddb23 1165 will fail otherwise.</para></listitem>
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1168 <term><command>suspend</command></term>
1169
1170 <listitem><para>Suspend the system.</para></listitem>
1171 </varlistentry>
1172 <varlistentry>
1173 <term><command>hibernate</command></term>
1174
1175 <listitem><para>Hibernate the system.</para></listitem>
1176 </varlistentry>
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1178 <term><command>switch-root [ROOT] [INIT]</command></term>
1179
1180 <listitem><para>Switches to a
1181 different root directory and executes
1182 a new system manager process below
1183 it. This is intended for usage in
1184 initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will
1185 transition from the initrd's system
1186 manager process (a.k.a "init" process)
1187 to the main system manager
1188 process. Takes two arguments: the
1189 directory to make the new root
1190 directory, and the path to the new
1191 system manager binary below it to
1192 execute as PID 1. If the latter is
1193 ommitted or the empty string, a
1194 systemd binary will automatically be
1195 searched for and used as init. If the
1196 system manager path is ommitted or
1197 equal the empty string the state of
1198 the initrd's system manager process is
1199 passed to the main system manager,
1200 which allows later introspection of the
1201 state of the services involved in the
1202 initrd boot.</para></listitem>
1203 </varlistentry>
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1205
1206 </refsect1>
1207
1208 <refsect1>
1209 <title>Exit status</title>
1210
1211 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
1212 code otherwise.</para>
1213 </refsect1>
1214
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1216 <title>Environment</title>
1217
1218 <variablelist>
1219 <varlistentry>
1220 <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
1221 <listitem><para>Pager to use when
1222 <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
1223 overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
1224 this to an empty string or the value
1225 <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
1226 <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
1227 </varlistentry>
1228 </variablelist>
1229 </refsect1>
1230
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1232 <title>See Also</title>
1233 <para>
1234 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1235 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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1237 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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1239 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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1241 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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1243 </refsect1>
1244
1245</refentry>