Hi! I am using the software watchdog daemon together with a watchdog device in "nowayout" mode. Thus once started, the watchdog daemon should never be stopped or the box will be rebooted. watchdog.service is WantedBy multi-user.target and when changing e.g. to rescue.target, it should stay active. I tried to configure this using IgnoreOnIsolate=true but this doesn't show the desired effect. On "systemd isolate rescue.target", watchdog.service still gets stopped: -------------------- 8< -------------------- Mar 19 13:44:02 strike watchdog[1291]: stopping daemon (5.13) Mar 19 13:44:02 strike systemd[1]: Stopping watchdog daemon... -------------------- 8< -------------------- What did I do wrong? Cheers, --leo I am using systemd-219-42.el7_4.7.x86_64 on Centos 7. -------------------- 8< -------------------- # systemctl cat watchdog.service # /usr/lib/systemd/system/watchdog.service [Unit] Description=watchdog daemon # man systemd.special # auto added After=basic.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/sbin/watchdog ControlGroup=cpu:/ [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target # /etc/systemd/system/watchdog.service.d/override.conf [Unit] IgnoreOnIsolate=true -------------------- 8< -------------------- # systemctl status watchdog.service * watchdog.service - watchdog daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/watchdog.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/watchdog.service.d `-override.conf Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET; 23min ago Process: 1267 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/watchdog (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1291 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) -------------------- 8< -------------------- # systemctl show watchdog.service Type=forking Restart=no NotifyAccess=none RestartUSec=100ms TimeoutStartUSec=1min 30s TimeoutStopUSec=1min 30s WatchdogUSec=0 WatchdogTimestampMonotonic=0 StartLimitInterval=10000000 StartLimitBurst=5 StartLimitAction=none FailureAction=none PermissionsStartOnly=no RootDirectoryStartOnly=no RemainAfterExit=no GuessMainPID=yes MainPID=0 ControlPID=0 FileDescriptorStoreMax=0 StatusErrno=0 Result=success ExecMainStartTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ExecMainStartTimestampMonotonic=15052342 ExecMainExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET ExecMainExitTimestampMonotonic=119544736 ExecMainPID=1291 ExecMainCode=1 ExecMainStatus=0 ExecStart={ path=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; argv[]=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; stop_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; pid=12 Slice=system.slice MemoryCurrent=18446744073709551615 TasksCurrent=18446744073709551615 Delegate=no CPUAccounting=no CPUShares=18446744073709551615 StartupCPUShares=18446744073709551615 CPUQuotaPerSecUSec=infinity BlockIOAccounting=no BlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 StartupBlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 MemoryAccounting=no MemoryLimit=18446744073709551615 DevicePolicy=auto TasksAccounting=no TasksMax=18446744073709551615 UMask=0022 LimitCPU=18446744073709551615 LimitFSIZE=18446744073709551615 LimitDATA=18446744073709551615 LimitSTACK=18446744073709551615 LimitCORE=18446744073709551615 LimitRSS=18446744073709551615 LimitNOFILE=4096 LimitAS=18446744073709551615 LimitNPROC=63090 LimitMEMLOCK=65536 LimitLOCKS=18446744073709551615 LimitSIGPENDING=63090 LimitMSGQUEUE=819200 LimitNICE=0 LimitRTPRIO=0 Type=forking Restart=no NotifyAccess=none RestartUSec=100ms TimeoutStartUSec=1min 30s TimeoutStopUSec=1min 30s WatchdogUSec=0 WatchdogTimestampMonotonic=0 StartLimitInterval=10000000 StartLimitBurst=5 StartLimitAction=none FailureAction=none PermissionsStartOnly=no RootDirectoryStartOnly=no RemainAfterExit=no GuessMainPID=yes MainPID=0 ControlPID=0 FileDescriptorStoreMax=0 StatusErrno=0 Result=success ExecMainStartTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ExecMainStartTimestampMonotonic=15052342 ExecMainExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET ExecMainExitTimestampMonotonic=119544736 ExecMainPID=1291 ExecMainCode=1 ExecMainStatus=0 ExecStart={ path=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; argv[]=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; stop_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; pid=12 Slice=system.slice MemoryCurrent=18446744073709551615 TasksCurrent=18446744073709551615 Delegate=no CPUAccounting=no CPUShares=18446744073709551615 StartupCPUShares=18446744073709551615 CPUQuotaPerSecUSec=infinity BlockIOAccounting=no BlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 StartupBlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 MemoryAccounting=no MemoryLimit=18446744073709551615 DevicePolicy=auto TasksAccounting=no TasksMax=18446744073709551615 UMask=0022 LimitCPU=18446744073709551615 LimitFSIZE=18446744073709551615 LimitDATA=18446744073709551615 LimitSTACK=18446744073709551615 LimitCORE=18446744073709551615 LimitRSS=18446744073709551615 LimitNOFILE=4096 LimitAS=18446744073709551615 LimitNPROC=63090 LimitMEMLOCK=65536 LimitLOCKS=18446744073709551615 LimitSIGPENDING=63090 LimitMSGQUEUE=819200 LimitNICE=0 LimitRTPRIO=0 LimitRTTIME=18446744073709551615 OOMScoreAdjust=0 Nice=0 IOScheduling=0 CPUSchedulingPolicy=0 CPUSchedulingPriority=0 TimerSlackNSec=50000 CPUSchedulingResetOnFork=no NonBlocking=no StandardInput=null StandardOutput=journal StandardError=inherit TTYReset=no TTYVHangup=no TTYVTDisallocate=no SyslogPriority=30 SyslogLevelPrefix=yes SecureBits=0 CapabilityBoundingSet=18446744073709551615 AmbientCapabilities=0 MountFlags=0 PrivateTmp=no PrivateNetwork=no PrivateDevices=no ProtectHome=no ProtectSystem=no SameProcessGroup=no IgnoreSIGPIPE=yes NoNewPrivileges=no SystemCallErrorNumber=0 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755 KillMode=control-group KillSignal=15 SendSIGKILL=yes SendSIGHUP=no Id=watchdog.service Names=watchdog.service Requires=basic.target Wants=system.slice WantedBy=multi-user.target Conflicts=shutdown.target Before=multi-user.target shutdown.target After=basic.target systemd-journald.socket system.slice Description=watchdog daemon LoadState=loaded ActiveState=inactive SubState=dead FragmentPath=/usr/lib/systemd/system/watchdog.service DropInPaths=/etc/systemd/system/watchdog.service.d/override.conf UnitFileState=enabled UnitFilePreset=disabled InactiveExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET InactiveExitTimestampMonotonic=14539954 ActiveEnterTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ActiveEnterTimestampMonotonic=15052358 ActiveExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:02 CET ActiveExitTimestampMonotonic=114543976 InactiveEnterTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET InactiveEnterTimestampMonotonic=119544801 CanStart=yes CanStop=yes CanReload=no CanIsolate=no StopWhenUnneeded=no RefuseManualStart=no RefuseManualStop=no AllowIsolate=no DefaultDependencies=yes OnFailureJobMode=replace IgnoreOnIsolate=yes IgnoreOnSnapshot=no NeedDaemonReload=no JobTimeoutUSec=0 JobTimeoutAction=none ConditionResult=yes AssertResult=yes ConditionTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ConditionTimestampMonotonic=14539719 AssertTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET AssertTimestampMonotonic=14539719 Transient=no [root at strike systemd]# systemctl show watchdog.service | cat Type=forking Restart=no NotifyAccess=none RestartUSec=100ms TimeoutStartUSec=1min 30s TimeoutStopUSec=1min 30s WatchdogUSec=0 WatchdogTimestampMonotonic=0 StartLimitInterval=10000000 StartLimitBurst=5 StartLimitAction=none FailureAction=none PermissionsStartOnly=no RootDirectoryStartOnly=no RemainAfterExit=no GuessMainPID=yes MainPID=0 ControlPID=0 FileDescriptorStoreMax=0 StatusErrno=0 Result=success ExecMainStartTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ExecMainStartTimestampMonotonic=15052342 ExecMainExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET ExecMainExitTimestampMonotonic=119544736 ExecMainPID=1291 ExecMainCode=1 ExecMainStatus=0 ExecStart={ path=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; argv[]=/usr/sbin/watchdog ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; stop_time=[Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET] ; pid=1267 ; code=exited ; status=0 } Slice=system.slice MemoryCurrent=18446744073709551615 TasksCurrent=18446744073709551615 Delegate=no CPUAccounting=no CPUShares=18446744073709551615 StartupCPUShares=18446744073709551615 CPUQuotaPerSecUSec=infinity BlockIOAccounting=no BlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 StartupBlockIOWeight=18446744073709551615 MemoryAccounting=no MemoryLimit=18446744073709551615 DevicePolicy=auto TasksAccounting=no TasksMax=18446744073709551615 UMask=0022 LimitCPU=18446744073709551615 LimitFSIZE=18446744073709551615 LimitDATA=18446744073709551615 LimitSTACK=18446744073709551615 LimitCORE=18446744073709551615 LimitRSS=18446744073709551615 LimitNOFILE=4096 LimitAS=18446744073709551615 LimitNPROC=63090 LimitMEMLOCK=65536 LimitLOCKS=18446744073709551615 LimitSIGPENDING=63090 LimitMSGQUEUE=819200 LimitNICE=0 LimitRTPRIO=0 LimitRTTIME=18446744073709551615 OOMScoreAdjust=0 Nice=0 IOScheduling=0 CPUSchedulingPolicy=0 CPUSchedulingPriority=0 TimerSlackNSec=50000 CPUSchedulingResetOnFork=no NonBlocking=no StandardInput=null StandardOutput=journal StandardError=inherit TTYReset=no TTYVHangup=no TTYVTDisallocate=no SyslogPriority=30 SyslogLevelPrefix=yes SecureBits=0 CapabilityBoundingSet=18446744073709551615 AmbientCapabilities=0 MountFlags=0 PrivateTmp=no PrivateNetwork=no PrivateDevices=no ProtectHome=no ProtectSystem=no SameProcessGroup=no IgnoreSIGPIPE=yes NoNewPrivileges=no SystemCallErrorNumber=0 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755 KillMode=control-group KillSignal=15 SendSIGKILL=yes SendSIGHUP=no Id=watchdog.service Names=watchdog.service Requires=basic.target Wants=system.slice WantedBy=multi-user.target Conflicts=shutdown.target Before=multi-user.target shutdown.target After=basic.target systemd-journald.socket system.slice Description=watchdog daemon LoadState=loaded ActiveState=inactive SubState=dead FragmentPath=/usr/lib/systemd/system/watchdog.service DropInPaths=/etc/systemd/system/watchdog.service.d/override.conf UnitFileState=enabled UnitFilePreset=disabled InactiveExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET InactiveExitTimestampMonotonic=14539954 ActiveEnterTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ActiveEnterTimestampMonotonic=15052358 ActiveExitTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:02 CET ActiveExitTimestampMonotonic=114543976 InactiveEnterTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:44:07 CET InactiveEnterTimestampMonotonic=119544801 CanStart=yes CanStop=yes CanReload=no CanIsolate=no StopWhenUnneeded=no RefuseManualStart=no RefuseManualStop=no AllowIsolate=no DefaultDependencies=yes OnFailureJobMode=replace IgnoreOnIsolate=yes IgnoreOnSnapshot=no NeedDaemonReload=no JobTimeoutUSec=0 JobTimeoutAction=none ConditionResult=yes AssertResult=yes ConditionTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET ConditionTimestampMonotonic=14539719 AssertTimestamp=Mon 2018-03-19 13:42:22 CET AssertTimestampMonotonic=14539719 Transient=no -- e-mail ::: Leo.Bergolth (at) wu.ac.at fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050 location ::: IT-Services | Vienna University of Economics | Austria