On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For example, how should (others and) I know that just "Before" or > "After" is needed? By reading the manpage: "If a unit foo.service contains a setting Before=bar.service and both units are being started, bar.service's start-up is delayed until foo.service is started up." It says nothing about having to put After=foo.service in bar.service, so why would you think it is needed? If you want easy-to-understand information, please read Lennart's blog posts, then read the relevant manpages to get the nitty gritty details. Then ask questions if something is unclear (and hopefully the answers will lead to patches to the manpages). -t
