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I don't think I've managed to create a 'simple' systemd unit yet without it coming up as having problems when running 'systemctl status'. <div><br /></div><div>I've tended to get round it with leaving systemd units alone and creative use of cron. </div><div><br /></div><div>Someone ought to write a command line based systemd unit creation tool to automate and parse custom units. I've even had units fail that are just pointing to a bash script in /opt </div><div><br /></div><div>Neal. <br /><br /><br />23. Aug 2016 11:47 by <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br />Hash: SHA1<br /><br />Folks,<br /><br />Where will this end?...<br /><br />Note that in Linux, the "init" process "PID 1" is very 'special'...[*]<br /><br /><br />The latest for systemd is that the filesystem command "mount" is now<br />consumed into the systemd "PID 1" 'expansion'.<br /><br />What could possibly go wrong?...<br /><br />I for one do not believe for what I read as unbelievable gloss. What<br />is the 'sandboxing' in "PID 1"?... Or has systemd moved out of the<br />super-special "PID 1" state for all systems?<br /><br />To my view, this is all rather reminiscent of the MCP[+] in the 1980's<br />film, TRON...<br /><br /><br />For a good giggle The Register style, see:<br /><br />Systemd adds filesystem mount tool<br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22/systemd_adds_filesystem_mount_tool/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22/systemd_adds_filesystem_mount_tool</a><br /><br />Note the first few comments there. Very apt!<br /><br /><br />What is the OS world coming to?!<br /><br />All good fun for our next NLUG meet! :-)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Martin<br /><br /><br />*: For various views of systemd:<br /><br /><a href="http://xkcd.com/743/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/743</a><br /><br /><br />Systemd – What You Need to Know<br /><a href="https://www.maketecheasier.com/systemd-what-you-need-to-know-linux/" target="_blank">https://www.maketecheasier.com/systemd-what-you-need-to-know-linux</a><br /><br />- - There is indeed a LOT of controversy...<br /><br /><br />What's wrong with systemd?<br /><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3u2ahq/whats_wrong_with_systemd/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3u2ahq/whats_wrong_with_systemd</a><br /><br /><br />Comments on EWONTFIX: Broken by design: systemd<br />(Error - Won't fix)<br /><a href="https://tim.siosm.fr/blog/2014/02/10/ewontfix-ecouldfix-systemd/" target="_blank">https://tim.siosm.fr/blog/2014/02/10/ewontfix-ecouldfix-systemd</a><br /><br />*The main issue here is that as systemd is PID 1, if it crashes* , the<br />system goes down. Before discussing how systemd could work as a non<br />PID 1 process, let’s review its duties...<br /><br /><br /><br />(Slackware, Gentoo, PCLinuxOS, and Chrome OS, haven't adopted systemd.)<br /><br />((Full disclosure: I run non-systemd systems! And not necessarily only<br />those currently listed :-P ))<br /><br /><br />+:<br /><br />TRON: Master Control Program<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tron_characters#Master_Control_Program" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tron_characters#Master_Control_Program</a><br /><br /><br />- -- <br />- - ╔═══════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════════╗<br />- - ║ Martin Lomas ║ OpenPGP (GPG/PGP) Public Key: 0xCEE1D3B7 ║<br />- - ║ martin@ ml1 co uk ║ Import from hkp://subkeys.pgp.net or ║<br />- - ║ ----------------- ║ http:// ml1 .co .uk/martin_ml1_co_uk.gpg ║<br />- - ╚═══════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╝<br />-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br />Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux)<br />Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a><br /><br />iEYEARECAAYFAle8Ka8ACgkQ+sI3Ds7h07cqBgCdFi+p76HvHtET2M00WhDfHDAo<br />VbIAnjtxHbi/SZcNHqPqIvBCP8un45SX<br />=M+J1<br />-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Nottingham mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br /><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a></blockquote></div> </body>
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