Services¶

Systemd (systemctrl)¶

Man page

Autostarting

How To Use Systemctl to Manage Systemd Services and Units

Useful SystemD commands

systemctl enable differs from systemctl start, how?

Services can also be stated as "application.service".

Test if a service is running:

systemctrl is-active mysqld

Test if a service is set to run at startup:

systemctl is-enabled mysqld

Test if a service has failed:

systemctl is-failed mysqld

Start a service:

systemctrl start mysqld

Stop a service:

systemctrl stop mysqld

Restart service:

Restart or start:
systemctrl restart mysqld

Restart only if running:
systemctl condrestart foobar.service

Reload configuration:

systemctrl reload mysqld
systemctl reload-or-restart mysqld

Start service at boot:

systemctl enable mysqld

To enable and start:
systemctl enable --now mysqld

Disable boot startup:

systemctl disable mysqld

Check status and basic info:

systemctl status mysqld

This will provide you with the service state, the cgroup hierarchy, and the first few log lines.

Names of various services¶

Mariadb = mysqld Samba = smb and nmb

Sys V¶

Stop a service:

service NetworkManager stop

Disable a service from starting at boot:

chkconfig NetworkManager off

Scheduling¶

Systemd¶

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Chron¶

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Desktop notifications¶

notify-send¶

Notify-send

A program to send desktop notifications, inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.

Syntax¶

notify-send [OPTIONS] [body]

Key¶

   -u, --urgency=LEVEL
               The urgency level (low,  normal,  critical).

   -t, --expire-time=TIME
               The  timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the
               notification.

   -i, --icon=ICON[,ICON...]
               An icon filename or stock icon to display.

   -c, --category=TYPE[,TYPE...]
               Specifies the notification category.

   -?, --help
               Show a help message

   -h, --hint=TYPE:NAME:VALUE
               Pass extra data. Valid TYPEs are int, double, string and byte.

To use notify-send, you might need to install the following package: $ sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin

Examples¶

$ notify-send "Hello World"

$ notify-send -t 5000 -u low "Hello World"

The return status is zero if all information was written successfully.