Re: Starting a service before any networking

[Mark Rogers <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 11:16, Mark Rogers <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

DefaultDependencies=no

FWIW I tried:
    DefaultDependencies=no

    Before=network-pre.target
    Wants=network-pre.target

and

    DefaultDependencies=no

    Before=network-pre.target
    Wants=network-pre.target local-fs.target

.. and in both cases my unit still started after dhcpcd (albeit that with my "ip link set eth0 down/up" hack the network worked OK).

I have left it as

    DefaultDependencies=no

    Before=network-pre.target dhcpcd.service
    Wants=network-pre.target local-fs.target

.. although a lot of that seems redundant, really it's just the Before=dhcpcd.service that seems to be achieving anything.

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Mark Rogers