Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521

Managing Systemd Services: Your Guide to Systemctl Command Usage

Calendar Oct 24, 2022 • User Avatar Brittany Day
1 min read
2.Motherboard Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

service management systemd systemctl daemon administration background tasks

Your Linux computer relies on a lot of background tasks called services or daemons. On systemd-based distributions you have built-in commands that let you see which services are running, disabled, or failed.

Services and daemons are background tasks that run without a user interface, don’t require human interaction, and are usually started as the computer boots up.

At one time, services were launched by init, which was the very first process to be launched. The details of the services were held in a collection of scripts located in the “/etc/init/d” directory. On non-systemd distributions that’s still the case.

 

The link for this article located at How-To Geek is no longer available.