I'm the first to admit, I don't understand systemd yet. I wanted to know - how do you know what services you're starting up? What's the systemd equivalent of chkconfig --list? Well, maybe I found it - just type "systemctl" with no switches. So check out the differences between fw1 and fw2. I have no idea what this means but I think it might be relevant. First, systemctl on fw1. Notice everything is loaded and active except a mystery service named rng.service I don't think we care about. I'll paste in all 118 lines from fw1. Now scroll down and look at the extract from fw2. So nobody is forced to wade through 200+ lines of output, I'll only paste in the relevant service that failed on fw2, named firewall\x2dscripts.mount. This same service works on fw1, fails on fw2 with a status of "No such file or directory" - status posted below. I wonder what it does? That backslash character in a filename seems fishy. The only reference I can find anywhere is in a directory, /run/systemd/generator. I'll paste in what it looks like at the very bottom. [root at chicago-fw1 rc.d]# systemctl UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automo sys-devices-pci0...-0000:00:1b.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller sys-devices-pci0...1-0000:02:00.0-net-enp2s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-devices-pci0...2-0000:03:00.0-net-enp3s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-devices-pci0...0-0000:05:04.0-net-enp5s4.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet sys-devices-pci0...0-0000:05:06.0-net-enp5s6.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet sys-devices-pci0...0-0000:05:07.0-net-enp5s7.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet sys-devices-pci0...:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged SanDisk_SDSSDRC032G sys-devices-pci0...:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged SanDisk_SDSSDRC032G sys-devices-pci0...:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda3.device loaded active plugged SanDisk_SDSSDRC032G sys-devices-pci0...et2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged SanDisk_SDSSDRC032G sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2 sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3 sys-devices-pnp0-00:0a-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pnp0/00:0a/tty/ttyS0 sys-devices-pnp0-00:0b-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pnp0/00:0b/tty/ttyS1 sys-devices-virtual-block-dm\x2d0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-0 sys-devices-virtual-block-dm\x2d1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-1 sys-devices-virtual-block-dm\x2d2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp2s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp3s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp5s4.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp5s6.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp5s7.device loaded active plugged RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet -.mount loaded active mounted / boot-efi.mount loaded active mounted /boot/efi boot.mount loaded active mounted /boot dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System firewall\x2dscripts.mount loaded active mounted /firewall-scripts gluster\x2dfw1.mount loaded active mounted /gluster-fw1 sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount loaded active mounted FUSE Control File System sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory cups.path loaded active waiting CUPS Printer Service Spool systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watc systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch abrt-ccpp.service loaded active exited Install ABRT coredump hook abrt-oops.service loaded active running ABRT kernel log watcher abrt-xorg.service loaded active running ABRT Xorg log watcher abrtd.service loaded active running ABRT Automated Bug Reporting Tool alsa-state.service loaded active running Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) atd.service loaded active running Job spooling tools auditd.service loaded active running Security Auditing Service avahi-daemon.service loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack chronyd.service loaded active running NTP client/server crond.service loaded active running Command Scheduler dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus fedora-loadmodules.service loaded active exited Load legacy module configuration fedora-readonly.service loaded active exited Configure read-only root support getty at tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1 glusterd.service loaded active running GlusterFS an clustered file-system server irqbalance.service loaded active running irqbalance daemon lvm2-lvmetad.service loaded active running LVM2 metadata daemon lvm2-monitor.service loaded active exited Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dme mcelog.service loaded active running Machine Check Exception Logging Daemon network.service loaded active exited LSB: Bring up/down networking rc-local.service loaded active running /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility rngd.service loaded failed failed Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon rpcbind.service loaded active running RPC bind service rsyslog.service loaded active running System Logging Service smartd.service loaded active running Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Dae sshd.service loaded active running OpenSSH server daemon systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service systemd-readahead-collect.service loaded active exited Collect Read-Ahead Data systemd-readahead-replay.service loaded active exited Replay Read-Ahead Data systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Recreate Volatile Files and Directories systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console vsftpd.service loaded active running Vsftpd ftp daemon avahi-daemon.socket loaded active listening Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket cups.socket loaded active listening CUPS Printing Service Sockets dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket dm-event.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs iscsid.socket loaded active listening Open-iSCSI iscsid Socket iscsiuio.socket loaded active listening Open-iSCSI iscsiuio Socket lvm2-lvmetad.socket loaded active running LVM2 metadata daemon socket pcscd.socket loaded active listening PC/SC Smart Card Daemon Activation Socket rpcbind.socket loaded active listening RPCbind Server Activation Socket syslog.socket loaded active running Syslog Socket systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active listening udev Control Socket systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket dev-dm\x2d1.swap loaded active active /dev/dm-1 basic.target loaded active active Basic System cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre) local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System network-online.target loaded active active Network is Online network.target loaded active active Network paths.target loaded active active Paths remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems sockets.target loaded active active Sockets sound.target loaded active active Sound Card swap.target loaded active active Swap sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization timers.target loaded active active Timers systemd-readahead-done.timer loaded active elapsed Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection 10s After Completed systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. 110 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too. To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'. lines 94-118/118 (END) To save a headache, now just the extract from fw2 [root at chicago-fw2 ~]# systemctl UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION . . . firewall\x2dscripts.mount loaded failed failed /firewall-scripts . . . [root at chicago-fw2 rc.d]# systemctl status firewall\x2dscripts.mount -n 50 firewallx2dscripts.mount Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) And here is what that mystery service file looks like. Is my dash, "-", some kind of illegal character in fstab?? :::::::::::::: firewall\x2dscripts.mount :::::::::::::: # Automatically generated by systemd-fstab-generator [Unit] SourcePath=/etc/fstab DefaultDependencies=no After=remote-fs-pre.target After=network.target After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target Conflicts=umount.target Before=umount.target Before=remote-fs.target [Mount] What=localhost:/firewall-scripts Where=/firewall-scripts Type=glusterfs FsckPassNo=0 Options=defaults,_netdev
