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Can't get custom systemd service to automatically disconnect and log-off Nord VPN session upon Linux system shutdown
I'm writing a systemd service to automate the process of gracefully disconnecting and logging-out of Nord VPN upon system shutdown. This service should run, regardless of whomever is the user ...
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Problems with systemd-logind & d-bus on a busy SFTP server
We recently upgraded a high volume CentOS 7 SFTP server running openssh/internal-sftp to Rocky Linux 8. However, since the upgrade we are experiencing login timeout issues after the server has been ...
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Can't get a systemd service to start in Fedora
I'm writing a systemd service that will literally do something "stupid," such as display an on-screen message at shutdown time, saying something such as "Thank you for using this ...
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Properly start desktop session for certain user on certain tty from root access
I have root access on my PC (Linux, systemd, ssh). I want to properly perform login and desktop start (wayland, plasma) for a few users, each on a specific virtual display (so users can switch with ...
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systemd-random-seed.service takes a lot of time to start / timeout
I have a Linux device with several services of my own. Kernel: 4.14.151 systemd: systemd 249 (249.11-0ubuntu3.12) My services are written as sysvinit services and automatically generated as systemd ...
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QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display within a service
I have a shell script that sets environment variables and runs an executable. It looks like this: export PATH=$PATH:/some/extra/binaries export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/some/extra/lib cd /...
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systemd keeps trying to open a /dev/mapper device; can I make it stop?
On my Fedora system with selinux's unconfined module disabled (so, basically selinux is in extra strict mode) I keep getting this: Feb 16 23:20:11 stodi.digitalkingdom.org systemd[2227]: Failed to ...
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How to wait for child processes to finish and then restart the systemctl service to avoid downtime?
I have a situation where I want to migration from using system slice to ABC slice for a systemctl service. Now that service is running some child processes as well during communication from data plane ...
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Is it possible to start a systemd service a fixed time after 'start' is requested?
Bit of a funny question: I have a systemd service where it is important that it actually executes (or fails) a fixed time after it is started. My understanding is that once Linux calls start on the ...
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Set highest CPU and IO priority for a systemd service
How to set CPU and IO priority for a systemd service? In partucular, how to set the highest values? (Assume that the service is idling most of the time and will absolutely NOT clog the rest of the ...
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Declaring a bind mount in systemd-controlled initrd and persisting systemd attributes for the mount into the system
I know my title is a little bit convoluted so let me explain what I'm doing here in more detail. I am using a ephemeral root setup on my machine, essentially meaning that my / mount is a tmpfs and ...
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Terminal hangs while writing into a FIFO file [closed]
I have a program running under a systemd service and I'd like to pass some text/commands to it, so I tried doing so with a FIFO file: .service file [Unit] Description=A Minecraft server service! [...
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Start process after directory modified, but wait for idle
I'd like to start a process a few seconds after a directory has been modified, batching processing of multiple files. If I define a systemd path unit, my "service" is started immediately ...
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Broadcasting a message to users in desktop environments
I'm currently writing a small systemd service that may need to shutdown the computer. I'd like to broadcast a message to all users, e.g. This computer is going to shutdown at XXX, don't forget save ...
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Conditional Ctrl-Alt-Del shutdown
I always shutdown my Linuxes with Ctrl-Alt-Del from a virtual console (outside any window mangager - KDE). Now I want that the system still shutdowns with Ctrl-Alt-Del, but only if certain CONDITION ...
