what is rc service (or rc.service)?
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running $sudo systemctl status rc in my Ubuntu v18.04 I notices there is such a service:
● rc.service
Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)
Active: inactive (dead)
can anyone tell me what it does?
services
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running $sudo systemctl status rc in my Ubuntu v18.04 I notices there is such a service:
● rc.service
Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)
Active: inactive (dead)
can anyone tell me what it does?
services
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running $sudo systemctl status rc in my Ubuntu v18.04 I notices there is such a service:
● rc.service
Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)
Active: inactive (dead)
can anyone tell me what it does?
services
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running $sudo systemctl status rc in my Ubuntu v18.04 I notices there is such a service:
● rc.service
Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)
Active: inactive (dead)
can anyone tell me what it does?
services
services
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Debian’s systemd adds a number of links to prevent obsolete initscripts from being run:
# Those services are useless under systemd. Mask them so they can't
# be run manually by accident.
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/sendsigs.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/halt.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/reboot.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rc.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rcS.service
(In systemd, linking a unit to /dev/null tells systemd that it is “masked”.)
So rc.service’s sole purpose is to ensure that running
systemctl start rc
won’t run an /etc/init.d/rc script left over from some other init system (file-rc, openrc and sysv-rc all provide this file).
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
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Debian’s systemd adds a number of links to prevent obsolete initscripts from being run:
# Those services are useless under systemd. Mask them so they can't
# be run manually by accident.
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/sendsigs.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/halt.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/reboot.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rc.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rcS.service
(In systemd, linking a unit to /dev/null tells systemd that it is “masked”.)
So rc.service’s sole purpose is to ensure that running
systemctl start rc
won’t run an /etc/init.d/rc script left over from some other init system (file-rc, openrc and sysv-rc all provide this file).
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
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Debian’s systemd adds a number of links to prevent obsolete initscripts from being run:
# Those services are useless under systemd. Mask them so they can't
# be run manually by accident.
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/sendsigs.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/halt.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/reboot.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rc.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rcS.service
(In systemd, linking a unit to /dev/null tells systemd that it is “masked”.)
So rc.service’s sole purpose is to ensure that running
systemctl start rc
won’t run an /etc/init.d/rc script left over from some other init system (file-rc, openrc and sysv-rc all provide this file).
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
155k23341412
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up vote
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up vote
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Debian’s systemd adds a number of links to prevent obsolete initscripts from being run:
# Those services are useless under systemd. Mask them so they can't
# be run manually by accident.
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/sendsigs.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/halt.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/reboot.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rc.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rcS.service
(In systemd, linking a unit to /dev/null tells systemd that it is “masked”.)
So rc.service’s sole purpose is to ensure that running
systemctl start rc
won’t run an /etc/init.d/rc script left over from some other init system (file-rc, openrc and sysv-rc all provide this file).
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
155k23341412
Debian’s systemd adds a number of links to prevent obsolete initscripts from being run:
# Those services are useless under systemd. Mask them so they can't
# be run manually by accident.
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/sendsigs.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/halt.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/reboot.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rc.service
/dev/null /lib/systemd/system/rcS.service
(In systemd, linking a unit to /dev/null tells systemd that it is “masked”.)
So rc.service’s sole purpose is to ensure that running
systemctl start rc
won’t run an /etc/init.d/rc script left over from some other init system (file-rc, openrc and sysv-rc all provide this file).
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
155k23341412
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
155k23341412
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
155k23341412
answered Nov 5 at 9:44
Stephen Kitt
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155k23341412
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