Hello, Thanks. On 2/18/14, T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:42 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm running a new FC20 system, one that was upgraded. >> >> I'm using: >> >> systemctl -t service -a -l >> >> to check services and I'm seeing several that I don't have installed, >> exim (MTA?) for example. I've tried using systemctl disable to remove >> the service, and don't get anything back. >> >> How do I prune my services list/get the unknown or uninstalled packages >> out? > > Don't pass the '-a' argument to systemctl. ;-) > > Using the '-a' argument makes systemctl display every unit it knows > about regardless of whether it's installed or not. There are several > ways it can know about services that don't exist. The most common > case where this happens is if a service wants to make sure it is > started before/after another service, but doesn't necessarily require > it to be running if it's not installed. It defines Before/After > dependencies for such services in its systemd unit file, which affects > the ordering of services being started, but not whether they're > actually started. > > So you probably have some service that wants to start before/after > exim, but doesn't necessarily require it to be there. (Perhaps because > it could work with sendmail or postfix as well). This is nothing to > worry about, hence why systemctl hides it from you unless you > specifically unearth it with the '-a' argument. > > If you want to view all running services and ones systemd tried and > failed to start, just use 'systemctl -t service'. If you want to see > a list of all services and whether they're enabled, disabled, or > statically enabled, use 'systemctl -t service list-unit-files'. > > -T.C. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
